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Letterbook, LB-048
This letterbook covers the period Februaiy-April 1891. Most of the
letters are by Alfred O. Tate. There is also correspondence by Edison,
Thomas Maguire, and John F. Randolph. Many of the letters relate to the
manufacture and marketing of the phonograph and to legal and financial
dealings among the various phonograph companies. Some of the legal
correspondence concerns the suit brought against Edison and the Edison
Phonograph Works by the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. Other
letters relate to foreign patents, improvements in the incandescent lamp,
mining and ore milling, and electric traction systems. There are also letters
dealing with Edison’s personal finances, including his investment in the local
illuminating company at Sunbuiy, Pennsylvania; his financial relations with
Jesse Lippincott and Harry M. Livor; and his transfer of ownership of the
Edison home at Glenmont to his wife, Mina. There are several letters
pertaining to billing arrangements for experiments conducted at the West
Orange laboratoiy for the Edison General Electric Co. There is also
correspondence regarding alterations and improvements in the laboratoiy.
The front cover is marked "General Letter Book." The book contains 497
numbered pages and an index. Approximately 30 percent of the book has
been filmed.
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February 27,
***? °f 5*V°i ~~ »— <* ^‘-ant 'was t„
Jne’ fi!fl 1 r0£jd th° senna with interest. ■' * ‘ :
Yon I’oi'o r to the Coaa t aands of California and Orecon. , ,The
'rouble with those, is that they carry about fc.BO par 'ton, and-
>- ibVty Per °£ thB «“k »«* - «ic, the other 60 ■ '
lav j. lig weathered to a sort of nom^net:
'rlUl thq Tm3HinS Pr°00SS* | «*» **>» ore is too far from
iiViJ^aation to be of value. 1
hematite.
inter-
Yours,
February 27, 1S9.1,
Georf
on r.iy return to the Laboratory a l'ow dsyc
absence of several weeks 1 find your letter of 16th
endowment fund for the Orange Meir
I regret k very much that it
to subsc:
to this’ fund. 2 already have
Moreover, I need every, cent 'I t
iry lieavy drain on tny resource:
spare in,my experimental work
experimenting in directions which
pecuniary
! turns ,
My laboratory expi
sannot afford
to -add to them.
I think the
.ch merchants and bueina:
ones ^?ho should subscribe to the Hos
Ltal fund,
Yours
February; 27, 1891
fiat tickets,
-• A. "Edison. “
Yours truly, jfj
Pr i vat q S & ci*6 tai*y
I bec to confirm the following telegrams enhanced
'self and Mr. Edison to- day:- ’
11 Impossible to Cet scats y ou desir
had sixteenth row. BUTLER."
Thomas' But U-r,‘ Esq. ,
Ka ■ 'Jon JJui W i nfs , Broa d St . ,
‘inir York City.
Te binary 27, 189;
Your telegram of yesterday in regard to Mr. Kdison's
18 ”0t anS^^>til ^>mi»g owing to •* absence
1 bae t0 00*rfim my telegram in reply, which
Laboratory
illed unexpectedly to Mew York t]
will not be here this afternoon.
A. 0. Tate. “
"y' °"d t0l6Gram> if it Will be convenient for
"\° tM.tiiV °” M0nday anomoun, has just been handed to
1U>'bl° t0 r°rly t0 4t owineto Hr. Edison's absence, but
' i,Vl9diately -he rcturns York, either, this after:
.vly to~morrov/ (Saturday)* \
very
Private Socret&ry <
February 27, 1891 •
F{e Stephen A. Northrop, ■ ■ 1 ,
i o r t W a y n e _, Indiana. ' . ,
Upon Mr. Batson* a return to the Laboratory , a few days
ac° afts.r an absence of several weeks your letter of 14th instant
was handed to him. I return herewith the blank which accompanied
**’*' iciest ion and upon which Mr. Edison has written his'
Jujp.i nal opinion of “Christ and .the Bible."
In regard to the statement attributed to Mr. Edisoh and con¬
tained in the clipping forming part of your letter how under reply,
t)v sam.- it. correct, excepting that the last words should, read:
'xnoAua? 115 the great Engineer of the universe, “ instead of * •
"and also for the greatest among than all^the- blessed God* »
■Yours very truly, '
Private Secretary.
February 37, 1691.
Felix GiOttscKalk, Ks()., President,
■•Automatic PhonoGraph Exhibition Co.,
#16 Park Row, Nov/ York City.
Deal* Sdri-
Referrinc to. yo,ur recent letter in re card to the
soventh naabor lor the Board in the Exhibition Company, I beG
to aay that Jir. J, B« Skehan, of Spencer Srask & Co*, would Ise
" acceptable to me and has indicates* his willingness to serve if
hft be elected. •
February 23, 139;
Yriiu' lettpr of 25th 1 113 1 ant, enciosins anewor of the
'^diaon Phonograph Company in the matter of Stats Taxation, has
^eal) flu?3r received. I note that you desire the answer to be
i|fGnod by Mr. Edison as President of the Company . The President
Pf the Edison Phonocraph Co. > Mr. Samuel Insull. Should the
V^oium truly
?e binary 23, 1891.
Edison Electric Light Company
Room 71, $44 Wall St., Mei
I Atwu herewith list', of Canadian • patents granted to
Mr* Ediaon for ‘inventions relati^ to eleotrio 'liehtinc e^u.-ao-
oording to the record of the Ottawa Patent Office, the same having
accompanied your letter to me dated 84th instant. .
I have examined all of Mr. Edison's patents which are in the
Laboratory safe, and find that there are no Canadian patents for
inventions in electric lighting or- pov/or work included among them.
To be exact, there is only one Canadian patent, and tiat is on the
subject of telephones.1 . •
Privat e Secretary.
February 23, 1891.
I>lv dear Instill,* _
The ace ourits of ‘the Edison Phonograph Works
. BGiMmt the Month Amain. can Phonograph Company are all in shape .
^ fm t0 Pasa on-; It vdll take about half an hour to arrange'
. th«Wwholo matter, after which the accounts can be very rapidly
completed and handed in. There is no me in Ware going ahead '
am making , regular bills without your approval of the items.
7* BUah> +'he NVA* ?* do'» attorney, ia mWcinc a formal demand
h* Aay Up0n Enton ** accounts, claims that the af- -
y fairs of the H. A. P. Co. are being injured on account of our
clel^, uo tint the first day next week ‘you are able to spare a
few. moments' time the matter -could bo settled.
February 23, 1891.
Eclward c
Supplies,
»M-IY to loam that tiro quadruple* imtruoento aim found on\
3P“ti"' t0 to a««tiva, and I roc tot very enrol, that you have
boon put. t0 the trouble of repair!*, th,,. ' fhe.e irrotrunente
ohould not teve left tiro Laboratory rf tiny „„ „„t ln ^ „
*<*•"“ * «**> fomyou a bill oovorim the
very truly,
March 2, 189;
Mr. Jana^ Hoaf.il,
Superintendent of tfrack,
D. 1>. & W. R» -R. Co., Hoboken,
We desire tp borrow for two or three .day*. V rail-
bonder, for use in establish inC a curve on a lino of track which
we are w.nnin c in the laboratory grounds for experimental rail-
waj' purposes. ¥/e also wish to borrow for the same period a
,rincii har for drawing spikes > Would y ou lave the kindness -to
lend us these? If so., be good enough to send them to your
•am whom we will obtain their
anacei’
j°oap Jtodama.
PllDNnrR “ ; ” °f . thS Feb^ mimbai
' m ,Sn> «•*’«■ « «» Laboi-atory, * (
’ -A? aesona nonibai. is ? ijraat inproveBsnt c
C°o a con-
doubt
cannoi
'Se-oi-o taiy .
March,
" Ponn'a* Oohtiehtrntihg Works.
V. 8. >erH^ fedq'., Ti'easurer',
Mow York City*
„it! „ ' 800.00, *i0B toeether
=11 tor Jl, Mo.oo jMta I !»« rtndma! <t;p ydw <jo,w
^ rfV'U“ *- -to to »o, ^
■“ <**.**.<». n. ...,^ rqcaiM> Kd
■oblige
Yours., trul;
March R, 189:
Collins, Esq.,
£-130 Bay St rest
Savannah, Ga.
I bog 'to acknowledge with many thanks the rebeipt of
esteemed favor of- 23rd, ult imo, in lb inning me that Elect ri
w&d of Savannah awarded the contract for’ Ijho equipnidht of
• Road to Mr.- Slattory, the Agent of the Ediso.n General Elec-
Company. • I am much gratified to learn that ^tlie : Eirec tqrq
;i Railroad adopted- the Edison system, and I appreciate very
Ly the effort which .you were kind enough to make in. favor of
•al Company. Rest assured that neither yourself
this matter and
.11 regret y
stake
entrusting
y on have mad<
Company the equipment of y<
i sa iorm of c onf id enoe o onC or ning
Re Mary S. Chandler Mortgage for §1,000, and in r
to your, letter of 27th ultimo, I wish you' would obtain from y
correspondent in Honark the following information, which will
enable me to clecide what I shall dp:
valuai
of the property which
{2) Has it ever been rented? If
at how much per annum?
i do horises of about tlie same i
i-ghborhood rent for per an mm?
character
Your:
ty truly
Ison General Electric Co,
1 enclose herevrith soine correspondence from P. B.
Nation to the Sunbuxy Station. I believe .that you
miliar than any one else with the operations which
rried on in connec tion with this plant and can there -
mo as to' the desirability of accepting Mr'.'awu
are more
propositi
Edison originally took‘41 sin
dabt of $4,106; he then cense
of stock of
Company
sente dt
holding,
Sepretary
Mr. Winslow Allderdico,
regard to arc lamp' carbons, and would be 'glad if you will sej
half a do son of these so that he may ma];e a teat of the smo.
iflaich lie toiU «flaBiBnic&te: with 'you further;-
Yours
Milfoil
Samuel I ns nil, Esq,,
Edison .Building., -Broad St
Nev? .York City .
“ i' re no nman named Pi or re Richemond, son of t ho
Engineer from *h6m «r. . Bdiso# obtained the patterns for the triple
expansion engine* «ili probably call upon you this week to obtain
pension to enter the Works .^t Schenectady aid remain there
tor * Poupie of weeks, prior to his sailing fbr Trance to resume
his duties in^conueetion with the. Qbmpagnie Continontalo Edison/ •
He has . *@peatad*y revues ted Mr . Hdis.on t<
go to SchenooVdy and
give hi pi authority t<
been referred- to you. Mr. Edison, si
that he ip doing too much motor work *t Schenectady po render .
safe to tills y^ns man’s request and wants you to polite!
wasa him off. His' father ms yeiy courteous to Mr. Edison who:
the latter was in Paris, and w therefore vmt to. let .the boy.d
easy. ‘
Yours veiy truly
Private Secretary
• ■ ™8 **» *4won Gsn’l. Riectrio oo,
? agfy wa- yrhffj J'^oe him I win cive 'Jjjri
ir$ iBcarylis ' ■
Private Saqratans
tfaroh s, X86\1
tiaj'Or S. 5
#120
A d w a y ,
Hew York City
■Dear $Sr?-
Heferringto the waivers of Toy Fhonograp
tohTCH! akecutod * Mr. Edison, I. find that there
Wo of «wb 4o»J*i* the first two quarters of the f
tlpt Vmqp ©«ay. the quarter ending January 1, 1890, a:
33W. 4**? the contract royalties ware payable with:
*** *?*?;***•* -****• • The third quarter would ther<
.'** A At -and royalties wpuld he payable Jufy soth , An
■m*rteri«oxm*x$. October .a*t ^nd royalties become pay
.^th. The .record Shows tJft the -royalty . which we Ver
,tP:,a4W^ «* *** quarter, that is to say, fo:
^ «r 30th • In proof of tJ
#39 «*py of letter from Daniel Wold, Spp/y. Edison
-?cr ^U, io inauai,. Aw^t 3s>;th> vJ.
fSM mV? ip * f""*1* <*. M* held on AW
Mr] lmn y,M present m during which . Ipeul
*• >»*•? ? "»*■» Of royalty; ^ iqu
f* #»1r>fiWLno»'W> iHyhioh ha
Q fnd I .an interview /
Obtain the
.paps :
I »• — of‘ .
Tw%* "’"”i""! f°- *•**«. Ooiintl-iss. L tm .m
*!»“ -Wntas it ta Mi w eSs..
!W '■"*"* bo a*
T* f***’* °” « *’»*r f-ien. a«,10,
l""‘ * 1^a*' *”&'*>*: «■ wmmute. of profits, W oouM
Ifhar .Alai*? in addition thereto?
, .Jl 3fi! *s® pp&smpe tip
a$ Qfotej] .ana panada.
**P "«•-» «%*** »o»/o»pii«»t«
*Mw, #* 9»tor. a«i» l,ttor ,^,Uo„ rtu bate, nr
i*j» #. riju you „ Um t0 ^ (h8
Pf^t^ || ;^y . , ■ '
Wr. Edison v/oald all
^ toy ..phonograph noehani,
This 'brines into quaatio]
F*>0 relfetionir
?°«ra ypry truly
private Seorstar
March 3, 1891<
Dear Sir:-
Ref erring to the attached, Mr. Edison has requested nfi
to write- a letter to .Ran, dewing the statement of Mr. Ullmann’s
• advocate that Mr. Edison had given to Mr. Ratheneau, Manager of
the German Company, a list of tin lamps alleged to have been im¬
ported into France from America by the Cie. Continentale Edison,
. -,000 t. w thought that yon would like to read the let-
sfer to dictate
comnunioat ion
we re
the answer yourself, as
Ratheneau. when he was here.
Yours very
Private 'secretary
Mi 8 3 V. K. JicRae,
Daar I latiana , - , ' : | . .
toterrtos to Mr, iw. shbaerlption .for i
tyaroa of the Capital stock, of yJu:' MuGazjno. tpIEB PHOMOGRA
“T *° *** “■ »« *«•».' i
a°H^ “=«'» °»4* fo-teo, covo-i^ hat:
amount 01' liis aubscnipt
. the same be ins in accoi’danei
T “%Ur * «*>«*•» Piece, ^«eaee
m*m fop..« th;-^;- sto„ ^ ,W(k.
March
Mr. Pierre Riche'monft,
Hotel Victoria, . Hev; York
Bear
Referring to om1 conve:
I beg. to advise you that Mr..Ediso]
Edison General Electric «o. * does i
'esterday
possess the
tfaoritr t o grant yon pans:
Companj
Works in GcIei
> samel Insull, 2nd .Vice-
President of the Edison; Gen* 1. Electric Co,
Broad St., Mew
the -gentleman whose consent it will te
necessary for
to obtain.
Mr. Insull at his
office. any morning during the prase
lorve
:’odnction,
Private Secretary
•MBHORANDUU' »OR MR. RAWDQ^PHj
Kxporinem
ho Bdi3on Cienerql
Electric Company yci 11 be billed
the follov/ins manna :
Buildings & Fixtures -3H20»694.8G,
per annum.
The total
of exp orimonts Tor the Ed
septing- those do¬
ll add 30X to the deevesa l
jttttl Inyeg tment • i want? a memo-
oach month,
uinto upon whiah ve
March 4, 1891,
am very much. surprised to learn from
3rd instant that you have
Phonograph t
lent the Austr:
tlye Toy Phonograph Company-,
'ensed under Mr. Edison's pat aits,
1 expense of taking . oat cert)
Patent on the Toy
This Company is simply
and though they have paid
.rt foreign- pat ents, they liave abso-
lntelr no ri^ht 40 th» U»ee belonging 'tj-'hr. .
Wiwn, aid they ehoald have.bSen mt ^Hr. Zdison „he„ ^
.ten from abroad. ,r, no, ii ligation ** .
I.y 0MPW, and the' ohan.es are that if they W Mr. Edison ™»„
these original Patents they rtll refuse to git,' then np .«* jir
pelled to do so. Therefore if yoa are unable to get thee, back
it will be necessary for you to .obtain •
iopies of the patents that are now in the hands of the
Toy Company, certified in such. a manner as will render the copies
as serviceable * us as the originals, What patents did you send
tp the Toy corjppny?
iippn some other pretext,
from abroad
Xours truly.
: March 4, 1391,
tasxirer,
N. J. & Penn'
Concentrating Works ,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
3rl instant, enclosing Certificate for 33 shares of the Capital
Stick of your Company, the same being in exchange for ny check of
$1,800.. 00 sent to you 2nd instant, and in payment of my bill for
,500,00 for property known as the Morris Pond Tract transferred
to your Company, deed of which is in yiour possession. I return
herewith voucher which I have receipted, the same having accompanida
tlie letter of your Vice-President dated 2nd instant.
Yours truly
March 4,
“ : ■ l.rttir of 28th ultimo,
«» raft*,, to «.«„ ^or 6100 eharee stock
a™ north ta».„ Phonoertph Companf, the oace oavhrttoo to
“"°0’' OWin0‘0 *he . certain agreement between
««=» and loose H. Mppineott dated l,Uy 8„th, I8S9> „a ^
1 farther aBr0ement dated April i, 18go.
Secretary
- ... v.j>ton, Kaq.
hw:- m'c: DaP't*» Edison C-er.'l. 331ectri
Harrison, IT, j, .
Ve find that carbons marked Jan'y. 2? -and jn* on tost
^ us - and yo» correspond!^ order Mo, ffi. - are very Cood.
Ascertain iVom Force and Midkmsh wiki-, difference there is' in the ’
carbons. I also want you to send descriptions of orders previously
-nt, so l oan, compare-. * ** y0U1. orders, but don't know how
they are done; therefore cannot compare.
. 106
March 4, 1891.
Sidney B. Pay no, Esq., Gen'l. Manager,
Edison Gen'l. Electric G'o., Maw England District,
#38 Pearl St., Boston, Maes.
Dear Sir:-
Will you ve*y kindly sencV me a reply to ny letter to
you dated 12th February last, and also return the letter of Miss
Annie K. Doak which accompanied the same.
Yours very truly,
March 4, 1891,
Samuel Instill* Esq*, 2nd Vice-Pres't
Jdison Building.
Hew York City,
The Lamp factory is "off" again, the lamps which they
are turning out being very poor, and I am now hunting the bug. ■ I
cannot and shall not, undertake to put things to rights and carry
On experiments for raising the economy from 15 to 20 if present
methods are to continue. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
I now ask that the Company permit me to put raj'
the factory, who shall report to me direct. He
Inspecto:
orde:
nor will he interfe:
any way whatever, with the
ment, his duty being simply to report to
methods
being carried out accord:
once
Yours very trulj
>anuel
Edison Building, Broad St., New York Oil
It is absolutely necessary that I should have the ont:
services for several months of Mr. Phelps, the ohi.ei' draughtsman
in Mr. Henderson's department. Please arrange this matter with
Mr. Henders bn if there is no serious objection.
Yours very truly.
oo
March 4, 1891'
its concerning Mr. Edison contained in the
dipping v/hich accompanied- your letter of 27th ultimo are unt:
Mr. Edison is not a veget!
He, however, experiments
then with his diet,
Should he feel ill for' some time he entirely
shanges his diet
to produce a change of the chemical ra¬
the environment, so that
ho quickly feels all right again.
Privato Secretary
112
March 5, 1891,
Edison United Phonograph Co.,
G. N. Moriaon, RaQ.,. Secretary ,
Mills Building, New York City . ■
Wear Sir.1-
I too to acknowledge the receipt of ,» letter of 3rd
imtwt, informing mo that at the annual. feting „r th,
holders of four 0,TOW held at Orange, N, J., Hontoy, >toh
a.d. ien, i ™ elected a director to serve for the ensuing year!
This to to signify ny acceptance of the chid office.
Yours t inly , '
Major S. B. Eaton,
irlZO Broaclway ,
New York Oily ,
Referring to tlie attached correspondence, I do not find,
therein any acknowledgement of Hr. Edison's payment of $3,500 for
account of tha Automatic Phonograph Exhibition Company beyond a
paper which purports to be a copy of a. letter from Mr. Idppincott
to his attorney, Mr. Bush. The original of this letter it appears
from the copy was not signed by Mr. Idppincott himself, hut »por
W." Even this letter does not make proper reference' to the check
of $3,500 which Mr. Edison drew on August 14th to Mr. Idppincott' s
order, but states that Mr. Idppincott paid $7,500 to the A. P. E.
Co., with -the request that one half of tte same ($3,750) should be
credited to Mr. Edison. Now Mr. Edison did not authorize Mr.
Lippincatt to make any payments to the A. P. E. Co. for his account,
and either did he agree -with the A. P. E. Co. to make them any
advances what ever, beyond the aim of $3,500, which at the time
was paid Mr. Edison understood was, with payments from the ^ther
stockholders, all the money that the Company' would have to borrow.
Mr. Edison infomed the officers of the A. P. E. Co. and also' in-
<0~* **«»'**» * -W
Major S. B,
~2- Martin 6, 1391.
for any further advances. He therefore refuses absolutely to aC^-
knowledge himself indebted either to Mr. Lippincott or to the A. P.
13 • Co* -or any sum of, money whatsoever in this connection, and he
desires to obtain an acknowledgement of the #3,500 payment mado by
him on August 14th last, This chock was dravm to the order of iin
lippincott. It appears that Mr. .Lippincott requested the A. P. K.
Oo. to credit payments direct, instead of which the A. P. E. Co.
hive credited Messrs. Bobinson and Blodgett, Trustees. Query
ivero Messrs. Robinson and Blodgett appointed Trustees ty Mr.
Lippincott or by the A. P. R.; Co., and v/hat are the conditions of
their tirnst? Yfhat kind of an aCkhowledgement has Mr. Lippincott
obtained for the moneys which lie lias loaned the A. P. E. Co.? It
'Would seem that the agreement of trust should cover conditions
relative to the repayment of this money, and if it does, d certi- •
t’ied- copy of the same, together with a direct acknowledgement from
the trustees of Mr, Edison’s payment, will lie Satisfactory. •
■Other-wise we are entitled to and must obtain an acknowledgement of
the dejbt .direct frail' the A. P» B. Co. The intervention of Hr,
Lippincott was purely incidental, lie being merely a medium" be twe on
Mr. Edison and, the trustees or ■ the A. P. B. Co.
, ypnrs; very . truly ,
% dear Sir;
Referring to y our
Plant,
— onthoatoohofthatOo^. ^>4raiwaoiiiis
"Sla “8” * W ta wr« pw„nt the
~tlon " ^ *** NaM - ™‘ »
• in order to aealat ftUw,.- «r. ■ Sdiaon
oontod later on to a 50X reduction of hie hoMine,
»» 20 1/2 shares. „ the lif„ ^ ^
E'US°“ «"»» twelve hundred doUara „
**" ““ ** OMiC“ “ them to expire. I ^
stood from your first if>+ + 0
■ 1W*er " «- "*»»■ ‘"of «r. Edison ,aa tc
receive stoeh in the „„ compan,. „tho„,
and it certainly seems to » *w4 • >
tor, that suoh an arran8e„ent and no other
a-r. I* tte non atoej be Placed outs ido 20 1/2 shares
;e «* a larde Pr«„, and ^ ^
* T" ** “«*«.. «. mono, which *. '
tdison invostod for th. Sunhurv 0„,TOW io „0 „ aebt by „„„„„
dependent upon
^ng taxed for ,'the
.proceecUncs Court
Yours very trul;;
Private Secretary
118 1
March 5, 1891,
Major s. B. Eaton,
7^120 Broadway,
. , Wav/, York City .
Dear sir:--
I send yon h.rewith 15th prooi * agreement between
*• Eai30n *“ ,to. *“*» s™-1 Co., and ,,.g' „
0«11 your attention to page 7 of'th. same. •
*h, Tina, change »hi.h ahculd be 'mide rea.,.. to work pip.
ibnead outside the Laboratory. This provision did not appear in
tS° M0°f f!,°” M’ich i»y. memorandum now in your hands, but
haa b0°- ins*rtM -r- -» *>*■«* tb. ....
T S‘ * ?"TO1"3 Sh°M ^ - *«-«*« as a part « ,»
S.P-,000 par year payable to Hr. Hdiaon. Phis ia
The contract givas Hr, ftiaon tb. rigbt to organise his force in
the. Laboratory ior tb. expenditure of , y_. „„„ ^
ior the moment that - are so organise^ and that Hr. .diaon f i„to
1 sgardihg a certain experiment tho* < + v
•that it can ha conducted more ox-
poditiowly and at leas, coat in Schenectady; the aotua! cos, ef
t.« osp.rim.nt ia no, known until i, Js ^ ^
owe that whan the wprk ,» don. it msounted to S5.ooo.
the general Company propose, to that „.,ou„t ir„m Hr. Mia„„-
Major S. E. Eaton.
Mar cih 5, 1891«
allowance . Is Mr. Edison to reduce his force to the extent of
five thousand dollars after he finds out what the expense has. been
for,Bi8 foreiGn experiment, or how is he t o. protect idmaelf? if
he does not reduce his force the effect will be that he will have
to pay out of his own rocket the cost of experiment, coveted af,
the shops. Jt is most dangerous and most undesirable that the
Laboratory ehouW. be hitched up in this agreement .with any otl^
concern. The General Compaq can protect itself by providing that
rxo ■ experiments shall be conducted at its shops without special
authorization, and when Mr. Edison wishes to take or send work to
-"Schenectady .he can obtain the requisite authority. I have altered
that portion of the agreement so that- it requires the General Co.- '
to pay the cost of experiments conducted at the shops , riri y ou can •.
rearrange the language with respect to special authorization for
those • experiments if y «■ consider it imore desirable in the interest
of tl© General Company,. t
Iho »>*t ohinss «. is i„ lino. 14 and IS. I have 6,osS,a
•"* tte Wrt.! •and.th, .or* to to Son, 6, th. said
Mioon on M.« acoonn. alao ,a aforesaid;-. and inerted' no- .
wits owporno-nt. to to made . for th, north ta.rioa „ company /
** I*0™** to th, tilth section. horoot.. '
Th, third ohmeo is in lam 16, Striite out the words »Th/
****•> ’ «* *»'»ti«nta ..,hr„.fo„«, ot th, esperi-
rental labor capacity pf the said-^borstoxy . » .
4 • iftjWBgRh t, g ^ 2 '■ t
The s o two last changes are very important, for the reason
that they will show the intention to. divide the Laboratory upon
the basis of Labor. I do not think it worth while raakiilC any other
changes in the agreement. Then
3 no tiling wliatever in this
vdiioh vail require any fresh negotiation. That is something, that '
we desire to avoid, and as the contract is now it can be interpre¬
ted in accordance with Mr, Edison's understanding. I do not
apprehend that it is your wish to insert in the body of .the con¬
tract- the. schedule showing how cost shall be made up. If a paper
something like the following be attached to the contracts and
signed by both parties when the agreennnts are reoxecnted it .will
I should. think answer all pract'icabra purposes :
Memorandum attached to contract October 1st, 1890, betvreen
T» A. Edison and the Edison General Electric Company.
It is agreed by the panties to the above contract that
the '.cost of experimentation for tto Edison General Electric.
Ooippany' at the Edison Laboratory 9 hall comprise-, the foil owingf
Cost of Labor.
Cost :of -Material .
General Expense (including ordinary recognised
experae,- taxes, • insurance, ap-’
pliances arid small tools).
DEPRECIATION
5Son Inves toent Aooount $115,044.86, Buildings & Fixtures •
IQ* .on Investment a/c $64,984.70, Machinery & instrmonts.
B. Eaton,
1891
»mto*y Upo„ the basis of direct
product;
w
Marc^i 5, 1391.
Major S. B. Eaton,
#120 Broadway,
New York City..
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith letter under date March 3rd from
Ur. GoorGB B. Prescott, transmittinE Clie ok for Mr. Edison' b share
of' the Enslisli Quadruple* royalty . You will notice that Mr.
Pres'cott refers to it as the "final payment," and for that reason
I send you the papers in connection with the same' ftr your exami¬
nation, the same b'oinc as follows:
A„Bor»nt bstwon I. A. Mlaon, Goo. B. P^sooU Gorritt
Smith? iith relation to MM. of. Gt. Britain Ho. 384 of
■ 1S75 and Ho. 197 of 1877,. dated Hay 31, 1877.
Additional agreement between the same parties, dated 12th
JanSn°/ l37S by 'which the -.interests of the, various parties
. are vested in a Trustee. ' . .
Please return all the papers with your reply, and obliSe.
Yours truly
March 5, 1891.
S. B. Hat on,
How York City
istitute a searoh for tlje deed of
Glenmont, Mr . B&isoj
i si denes
possession. The . only papers which we have liacl in connection with
this property wera those tliat you. sent us at the tine the mortgagi
at the hoxTsoi
New. York.
Mr. Insull if he fcnoWp anything about it,
Yours' very trul;
Private Seoretarj
March 5, 389;
Samuel Insim , J3aq
litre et.
>i' GliRMHOm
Mr. Edison’
(idcai os
Ddla-on Lila
among he:
>apers
the house,
have/ thought
might possibl;
be an the Safe Deposit
Lng about the document?
in Hew York,
’ours
mock,
■turn to the Laboratory
leveral v/eo3
xincio:
Jamia:
sams -with imioh interest,
oomplianoi
herewith
rouflh
'atoiy • irhese
made of
are excellent
*’ *’ - al-
,lm6‘ll4y t0 «H3luu,„skl,s desire ana snppiy hiB
' r,hO'l0,:‘''"il' “ ,ou «» iw~,»t is linrop. U con-
Company , x am pro-
abltM *,„*», from Ormi.lUn,, W,onocmr„„ for in tsrrf
W -** 0°»!W 1 -™ r««« u,o letter t,
* °m“ * *» V«*. « am /advising „r.
u-stono*,:, of w ,.«o„ in u,o matter ,» tnisW, .
Youra very truly
w/ ^
C^W/t/^d-A^ . ■ (McO-J^Usi
'~^o KpUte? ^d-ct-L,
Ott/MSi? ^Mccu
March
Samuel In:
mil, Esq.,
Building, Broad
How York City
|0nfirm the following' tele
morning:
“Do nothing . in c
hear further fs
connection with Livoi
finm me. Thoa . A. Ed:
matter until you
very truly.
M. Cert', !
Second Ave., I
New York Cit;
Dear S:
! t o your letter of
Edison's t ice is ei
it is impraoticabl<
lo matt are.
inform you tha;
own invent ions,
sideration to <
Yours truly,
■fViVflt ft ?eoret:4ry
Major S. B. Eaton,
I have your letter of 5th instant .re Thomson- Houston
Regulator Patent on. v/hioh Spent' Co. is sued. I. note v/hat you
say about sending Mr. Brown out to. the .Laboratory. I think it
to wait, however, unt:
isen the patents
Bousack Cigarette- Machine Company.
Virginia.
Will you vary kindly send to me a catalogue of your
machines, and also a prioe list of the same, with the lowest pos¬
sible discounts indicated-. By so doing you will very much oblige
Yours truly,
March 9,
wrth reference to your letter of 61
I «■«,« ,„ Bai3o», th. utter says tut
you later as to whether ]ie desires to have
out on the Toy Phonograph which
In the meantime lie has* Aatort „
stant.
■ 11 advis
Canadian Patent taken
patented here March 11th, 1890.
Toy Phonograph Company
yours very truly,
Private Secretary
March 10.
George S', Kims, >
^P2, P 8,|* d, e p_, S. t o,,a t
F/u :Hobo^9nAi N,
My dear Sir: *.
Or,,.- was only to-day tftrt-1 hart the pleasure of re.adirie
yotu, letter of 20th of January, last, in which, you ^.quested me to
v/rite to pope Member, of , Coneroadi,, urging,, tho appropriation ,of ^
§50,000 for the Department of Mine, a and Ui»a«. 01 cour3o_ it ,ia
trao late to do this, now, Congress, having , adorned. , Had, y our,,,
lottpr • reachep, . me inv<se«fo»j, hoyrayer,^ I. would, ■.ha.y©v,,ve,ry (0ladlyy. :
acted, upon, ypurj.-3upgoation.:nj:. flio ... envelope., containing your^ cpnuriuni.
cation, fell,. l«h'inrt,;t)ip table,. upon which., the Lahoratory,.mail. jo .....
sorted;, each- rooming, , and - it ..vas, only, unearthed and L,opei»ed to.Tday .
Recpett ing, that^n^,. letter, should ha^ve had eo unfortunate an ■
^>»Ry^w-5?VBry tpjjljj’,. o H A
Sidney E. Paine, E3q., District Manager,
Edison General Eleotrio Co., #3S Pearl St.,
Boston, Hass.
Dear sir:- •
I . am very much obliged j.‘or your favor of 5th instant,
returning Miss Doak's letter of the 11th ult imo. I note with
pleasure that Miss Doak may be able to obtain employment ; in your
office after the first, of next month. Thanking you for your
kindness in the matter
I beg to enclose herewith a letter vrhi ch I have
lived from the District Manager of the Ed:
>pening for you' tin re after, the first of next month',
Yours very truly.
Annie 1C. Doak,
/o Edison Phonograph Toy Mfg. Co.,
•#3 9 Bedford St., Room .3*1, Boston, Mas:
March 10, 1891,
Referring again to your letter of 6th instant, in
regal'd to taking out a Canadian patent on the toy phonograph'
which was patented here on the 11th of March, 1890, . I beg to
confirm the t eld phone me 3 sage which7- was
to-day, to the effect that
out in the account of the old Edi!
Phonograph
Company
Privat a Secretary,
March 11, 1891
a*®, to. the' attached from Major Katon
•operfcy, Mr. PouCias doss riot. + „
Chandler
Jnj or Eaton' a letter?
March 11, 9:
occurred to
go od t;
Lgnmohts that can't be. found.
MAGUIHR.
I »»ta> toBM, w letter to y on of 5th instant
«ioh too atta&od to your rase. of 6th instant in refarrt to the
deed of Hr. Raison's ho, no. £ have loosed over the papers in
onr safe ^tch «ero received fro, yon at th, tine' the Arnold and
Constable .nortcege «, Jn.id, M of tllom oontjlm lhf, ^
.enipti, on that yon rant, an A, * c. »o«,», it„lf is not
Oto. safe; the cancellation of it i„ Uv. lidlaon 8„eB9sto tint
perlnpo you emu iet o dmefiption of the property Sr«' the
resorcin the Oon*.y dtoh's office.
■ (Pj’iy&t o geprot^r/ j
^ ieaa your letter of Idth infant,
SP0P03M °f »» *-»** -***«. «. *'.
“* 5te t0am^ mt’ * «“• —M,. I a.„„, ,
paramap), #0i a „ yoiu,
• «„ ,«,. Haame is f„„ tl)0 .
; ^ «w
“nJr •h9“ * «Hf* *"WP5st, Baisah.P
"t:
Jrancie R. Upton, Esq., General Member,
lamp !.U?g » hep't.* Edison Gen' i. Electric Company,
Dear S:
icl your letter oi‘ 10th instaty
rscard to providing ventilation in the lamp Tost' Room at, the
laboratory. He has no objection to your" 'putting a ventilator
ihe roof over the Test Room, and you oart proceed with its
March 9, 189!
Gilbert & Barker Manufacturing C<
We have lad one of your 40. barrel Gasolene Machines
the Laboratory i’i
sral years; it v/orka perfectly
and is one of the moat useful appliances v/e have,
Yours truly
I4rch 11, 1891..
Duko of Marlborough,
Blenheim, .Woodstock,
England,
Dear Sir:-,
Upon Mr. Edison's return to the Laboratory a few clays
ago- after an absence qf several weeks?, you r letter dated the 19th
of January and your phonogram of same date were b«m$vt to his
attention. -
In regard to the suitability of the phonograph for business
purposes,- we are using it in- the office here for all our Corres¬
pondence and find no difficulty in getting seven or eight ordinary
business letters on one cylinder, . By reducing the speed of the
, , . . • . per minute,
phonograph to about 80 or 90 revolutions ,^it is possible to get
much more on a phonogram than 'When the machine is running at a'
higher, speed, and the' quality of the reproduction is in no way
impaired by the reduced speed, ' Che phonogram which will ac¬
company the new style of instrument will have a capacity nearly
double that of the phonogram in use at present; it will contain
about 1500 words ,
In regard to making corrections : Should it Ip desired to
Duka of MgitthqttailQh
Mttfuli n, 1801,
omit from a letter Bomai'hinfj already recorded on a phonogram* We
find that a good plan is to move back the Spectacle arm to that
part of the cylinder containing the wordo Which WO deSire omitted,
tlien to adjust the recording stylus and speaking tuba and say into
the phonograph,' in a loud voice, tadon't write this," or words of
'similar import, which expression will be ’ recorded on the cylinder
over the -sounds already there and will be reproduced more dis'tinct
ly than the latter. Should we desire to substitute something else
for the passage omitted, we record it on another phonogram and
direct the operator's attention to it. The best way, -however , is
to make the corrections at once* should they occur to« y on while
dictating, and in that case it is well for the operator to run •
over, each cylinder before commencing to transcribe, as by so doing
he learns if t’tere are *iny corrections or omissions to be made and
'is prepared for t hem. ' •
As to the breakage of cylinders, we ‘find that much of this is
caused' hi'' tie ors' pushing them too tightly on the brass cylinder.',
This letter is being dictated to a phonograph and it takes tip
about throe-eighths of the cylinder, tlio instrument running at
normal speed. . • '
Yours very truly , .!
J*PlY£.t<) Secretary t
March 11th, 91.
Francis ,R. Upt<
Kaq., Gen'l* Manacer,
Edison Gen' 1* Electric Co.,
Harr:
Will you please send a man to tho Lab orator'/ to cement
the floor, of the Pump Room, in the same manner as those at the
Lamp Factory. Please • send the man
£oon
Yours truly
’he Bbnaaek Machine Go<
Preside:
•ones.
Your letter of 8th instant is at hand.
She cigarette machines are for ttsb in ’.Italy*. She Italian
Minister of Finance . is # f riend o t- mine, and ho herb requested war
information' as to price etc. of your machines
which )io in desirous of
•educing
lii s covertly,- provid
lie can obtain t Item On
lonabla ti
vtd a price
which he considers too high.
Yours
39«ar SMc- Gi***,
** "**. rmr ****** *? mk InaUnt
B&vr&ea you da ay ft»t«»* of yaatai
W®*ttfa©8 14 nt>fc in Ota. S4f0 ut ti
-ttow «*»#**» 8 ^pBx.4pti.n «
*P*V»H* SQ?«vt^,
mvoh 13* 1801,
H. H. Windsor, Esq.
"Street Railway Review,
Chi dago, Ills,
Replying to yotV letter of 5th instant addnsaaec* to
"?* Edioo*> requesting a description of his new patent on Eleotri «
R*y * Motors, I beg to advise you that Mp, Edison has made over
twenty different hinds of motors and has not. yet decided Which to
adopt. When ady he will be ve«r pleased to furnish you with a
««t, tocether with a description.
Vonrs truly
March 13, 1891-
Major S. B. Baton,
#120 B r o a d it a y ,
New Y >rk City i
D8ar Sir:
Mr. Edison lias read your comnanication of lath instant.
Youra very truly
Private Secretary,
March 13, '91.
H. M. Livor, Esq.
Mr. Edison has read your letter of '11th instant. He
you to let him know when y on are rdady ( at Ogden and he
•ight up there.
Yours ve*y truly.
Private secrets xy
Stowlt Ut
?***p m<
* b# «y«J»wa^ga \bp receipt of ymr latter of
* **** **** *>*■'#• J«* fatr day a. and rfn ndt
^ ***«* » <fcr »Jwn 1 can 4*** wpen yen in Kevr
3? m ym P%yvatstf frwpv9?> *« m possible,
> rov a» Mtsmi? . •
V»ww y#?y iroiy.
^tartsh 14, 1891.
220
CoJ. 4, 9?. Britton,
Vraamw# of Patent Celebration ¥\m,
#1419 0 Smarts**, Washington, j), <3,
Dear $iri»
t m‘lo«3 Wa&itb chaok to rttp> order for twenty -five
dollar® ^88), ^ a>«»«rtl»tion to the fnrtd ftar tba Oslo brat ion of
the Beginning of tho Second. Gantry of the &#rtO*n Patent System,
to bo held in Waa^ton on the 8th, 9th W4 W of rt**t *,ow*h.
Ploaaa noti^ *h* fc«, w #„«, copies $f o3ch of the
Memorial and repaid of ^ ohiiGinp
Jows vory tmjy.
Itepoh
jfctjo* S* flatww
MOW yofk
$&**#****■
$ iOnfllPJM be>WWi«> «m of '*
1891, With % w»odiy»fJ t>4« mrr&m ttQ&Voo Am
!WPIf'
votw vu«r H)Pi<ly
C 0 ¥ V,
AMERICAN ORAPHOPHONE COMPANY,
Washington, ,D. 0. March 12th, 1891.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, >i«w jersey,
hoar sir:-
We ere recently informed that ypu hold all or some of
the stock of the Edison Phonograph Company {which was sold by yon
to^Jr.'TGipplneott) as collateral security for a note of Mr. lippin-
cott'o for the sum -of $65,000, or’$68,000.
W* doom it proper to remind you in this formal way of a fact
already known to you* via;- that we hold an agreement made by Mr.
Lippineott, shout the date of your agreement with him, to sell and
transfer to us at any time Within 8 years all of the rights ac¬
quired by him from you, the Edison phonograph Oo-. and the Edison
speaking Phonograph co.
Reepeetfriiiy &«• •
American oraphophone Oo. k <
(SigSWdl per h,M.P. i
Kerch 3.6, 3891.,
Major S, b. Eaton, '
#320 Broadway,
New York city.
Doar Sir;*.
Mr, Edison hag, mad you* letter at I3^h instant, re
Assignment of Edison English Electric Eight patents to the Edison
and Swan United Electric L%ht Co., limited, and in reply he has
instructed mo to say that we had batter tmi* until Mr, Inauil gets
well before taking any action in this mat tor; that the Edison h
swan Co. has for years failed to carry out its ^cement with him;
and tint the coat of obtaining the patents in section was several
tinea greater than the money sent. Mr. Edison says further that,
of course he wants to get everything that he is entitled to under
the contract? that «be Edison & Swan Co. now finds that eo«o of
the patents are valuable, and at this, late day, after reaving to
pay for the patents, they come in and want to ssanre them. Mr.
Edison not only wants all the money which the patents cost him,
but 100 per cent additional, besides the interest On the money i
Ko does not know what settlement Mr, -Instill mad? ttitfc the Company
in regard to the Jumbo Dynamos,
i ths ao„Wlrt)r WOTts,mis4
letter, and which are as follows:
& mwi.
urn Mt im.
w w ^ >* - *■ ** *, **
zm^*- ***»*»**, 4*2 ,,.,
EC* IT^ ^ *■. — ,
^xr:;:7"Mw-?'^
483 ^ -«*» * mJ2 ^ZTLm‘ mn'
w* Aifan mu# atoMtto V* , . ' *tUeo« <<J *W&
p*®"» ***,,. «* *.»,’ », ^*>°°" W"dtS4* 4",los*i ta ««-
"^<8 fcn%»
fcfSvat,? Sd^^y,
!
Marth It*., igto, '
Major S« E. BaftOrt,
#120 Bpm4»SJ' ,
ttw York City.
Wear Sir:-
*** Mtew 3w **M y«w lett*** instant, in
which you report a Jot® tg&ic bsit/ooh yos^sejf and str, Bush rsi
. E. P« Works Olaim v- B# A* $• Oo., and ho has jpafta tha ibjUofribfir
note upon the soma:
“MAJOR: 3 niaply wrote -the siw td hrtte it reiUld '
strike Lippincott; % Aid net Big# it* 3n?poa« I,, hitfi
written six different propoadtipnc? to ape sdtififr h*
would have accoptott, acedia® to thi£ X yfM& be fcththd
by all. iva a nice state of affair# if 4 ta&n ta Bj?«nd
on an unsigned rosptcrandap),^
foors very th»ly.
Private Sao«»tjjyy.
MaVoH 10, 3391,
Sanuel Inoull, Bsij, , 2nd Vioa-PrOoidant,
Edison Oansyrai Eiefitr.iC Cmpsty
H&r York City,
Mr, Edison has received vat# Ipti&r of ldt)i instant,
onclooirjg copy of a totter fwfim the EH^tep^in-Ohiof of tJ»
Edison Gan'l. Electric (JowpahiS with relation to Mr. Phelps,
The arrangement which Mr, Henderson proposes ia entirely eatid^
factoiy to Mr. Edition, and the l&ttor hty? ho objection to Mr.
Phelps devoting one day in each woeUt to Mr. Kdidat^cn'^ wohE.
fours truly.
Private Sooretary
March l$9\.
Minis tor of Finartcp,
I bee to aotoowleclge the receipt of yo^ir letter wT SOtfe,
ultimo, which reached me in due course -of mil* ' in now rdlarte*
with your netpteot, I immediately commaaicstteil With •(&« BdiioQOfe
Machine Oorapany, of Salem Virginia, aching ttejn for itoir lotfcflt
possible (inotations on c igarattcr machines for ftae in Itsltf , and |
am this morning in receipt of a letter frtja the President ef the
Company, Mr. D. B. Stroma* , rsferittiug «*» tp ltoea!«j. Sending itfyi
Bruning, of Bremen, Gemtany, who are the ■company’ a iftsnopspn.
agents. These gentlemen, the President inftrytes me, are mtstiifc
prices of machines to Italy very ,)»* eood are fwppitt$v&& tic
with purchaser** an in their 3»a^3»eat Mfty sream. heat*
that yon my. be able to make sat iei&otory te?w» with thaw
. ^^w>,'y^pwm..wrsf''•^W^y«
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truly, /
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}$?> Mitiw, wan lau^r i in rity in mw at msi titles i#
9A$»n, **■#*, Wi&nte no* U baelc >iew> sfei* t&t &iyiu Vim Mem
iviih.'?u» a $j#n at ttia ejeul of' tiftt t.ims» Hi** it&et, te.
/a%p J&asm %m in «46t ec^i.e^tAi to ir&*.Vsm tov h6m wcxSfcg
Wtot Mtftntar,*
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'3ip« JMSpon; i»xfi ri(Kl ydu<t latter of 17$}}.
■px *¥fS!? 3cs5i -mairm 1$ 1# inform yrinjt that ha j&isSK
i%i h$w£&2, -kt? m^.b'be *o nt^and tjie 3,eot)tM yhioh yOW pr^jw
;&£v?n£ J&fc ■*&« Ciafc, Hgyr Yorit, on t£a t&£» mtrt&tt?
$» -94^* 3’wfeia#1 $tolfe ha w«tld bg Very pleased to fcahdiw^
'■■***• poto&fele, fetrt ha ft* no chart tfife
**& 3»heite!vJ4a£metic «oior. ' ifr.' tto% /
3*® jaajtee «ot % ft PW*. 9$ t to .tjtowo tntsttojaj
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c/o 0. V/« ofcilfl, tfstj.
#iia Sroa^vfty, >l$v #ayfc -O&y ,
of ’SrmUs,
tfOkOken, IU J,
Its TiXn j^twnirjg to you fco-djjy the Sail Sondfc* witiob
yon vary kxnd3,y lo«na 4 tp Mr. BdiaOn a aftort time ae°« WO wovtlfi
like to ko%> -the Sa* fo* drawing opikea a few days apace*, and
•Will M»* *» Cfltt 4x> eo mlet?a tfs Isaaf from yotf to thO
Voum very truly
Mawih p.0,1931,
V/oaks :
Kansas City, Mo
I hog to following t.lKmn. onc^ngod
between yourself and Mr. Edison to-day
'Shall
next Monday or
Tuesday. Edwin r. Weeks,
"I aeave town early Monday next and
absent about ten days. T. A. Edisor
Yours truly
Privati
J-retary ,
Maroh 20, 1891,
Samuel Instill, Eaq.,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
New York City,
Dear
I beG to confirm the following telephone messages
changed between yourself and Mr* Edison to-day • :
Mr. Edisoi
. call at Mr. Instill
eleven o‘ olook.
J Mr. Instill.
office to-morrow (Saturday )
. Private Secretary,
HaT-oh PA, 1891,
z>ew»Mv:
fovin very truly.
X' 55*f., Asa^tant Manager,
23 <1 i * o n a e „ r 2, K 1 e o t r
^Ah(5n9o>tfadyf w. y.
'"'’ of i,«nt0i Jh-uj
™Si0», in s-on,. of y.s*Ww<n ;IlatS( w ^ ^
"m*f *•' “**“> *• ™» * **» ■*« to o«aih. *. *. m
to ■» ■«»««•> .*» *>Mm JaW too ton, or ,* *,*. j.
<se« hat u» jsutoiaofj, »n, M<>m )S!5-
March 2fl, lfldl.
Samuel Insnll, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
I bee to confirm the fo 11 ov/ing message telephoned to
you this morning from the Laboratory: i
"I have all the correspondence botvfeen the
laboratory and the North Am. Phonograph
Company since August 1, 1838 to the present
date, copied, and the same will go forward
to you this morning by special messenger. “
YOtirs very truly ,
*si
March 26, 1891,
Eaton,
Your two la tt Bra of 24th instant to Mr. Edison, one
on the Subject of the Lippincott §68,000 note, and the other in
regard to the transfer of Glenmont to Mrs. Edison,' wars received
this norning. They will be placed before Mr. Edison immediately
■Yours '"very truly
March 26, 1397.4
M»S. C. V, pon'cit
No. 45 East 54th Street,
Your letter of 25th instant has rained unanswered
oTrins to the absence of Mr. Edison,
With reference to the electrical test which y m yotov %&t for
Waking certain the fact of death, Mr, Edison regrets very wheh
that he cannot give you any inhumation on this subjeotj ha dees
not know what the teat is. Should you, howa ver, entertain & £ew
of. being buried alive, Mr. Edison suggests a good way to
prevent such a thing rrould be for you to wake a will and embody ••
therein a clause to the ef’feetJjfe-^jyovt should, not he buried- tint il
deoorcposition lad fully set i»,Vr A
Yours vary truly, H
Private Secretary.
. . ^4.
At Brown,
c/o Edison General Elect rie C<
Your report on the' working of Pump Room has been
and perused by Mr. Edison.
Mr. Edison wants you to be sure and inspect phosphorous every
day in dryer and go over the ground on each item every day. He
not enough in detail; also that you are mil
says your report
taken about marking volts. There
voltage sheet taken even
day; Mr. Upton showed a dozen of than to Mr. Edison last week,
Yours very truly
Private
March 27, 1891,
J« \V« Lieb, Esq . ,
Societa Gonerale Italians di Elettricitn Sistema Edison,
Milan, Italy.
Boar Sir:-
Mr. Edison has asked raa to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter to him dated 6th instant, with relation' to an exhibit
of talking dolls at the Children's Exposition which ia to be held
at Milan in May next. Hr. Edison .fears that it will be entirely
impracticable for him to comply with the request of the tracing
Committee in thia connection, much as he would like to do so, v/e
have not, however, at the present time one talking doll, in the
laboratory which is in working order, The toy phonograph bu¬
siness is at present tied up in litigation, arid the manufacture, of
speaking mechanisms has been suspended for several inbnthS . At
the same time Mr. Edison desires me to say to you that Jie will
endeavor to obtain a couple of speaking do Ha, and if hd succeeds
in procuring them, ' he will send the same to you by Mr. Philip S,
Dj'er, who is expected to visit America vary shortly,
Youra very truly , ' .
R
Private
v v — &r-
Bear Sir:-
With reference to yew latter bt 21&t instant address?^',
to Mr. SdSabft at Ogdenaburg* request ing info rrnat ion in "regard to
an engine and crnaftsr for use in connection With the maoiadatai&ing
of the roads of yew township* Mr* Hdisoh has instructed me to cay
to y cu ,£n repay that the flrcnnan 0 rusher is the ope need by hits*
and, in hie opinion* there is no batter Crusher clada * although
there way be cheaper ones which cost more to 'repair ‘than ■tH$y ®jbb
wtirtin- Mr* Edison regrets that he is unable to offer any suggest- .
ions' in regard, >o an engine.-
y««e very truly*
3. W, Bonnell, Esq.,
"White House Station* >!».#«
March 28, 1891,
1891 <
Major S, 3. Eaton,
#130 Broadway,,'
•Haw York City.
D«ir Sit**- ■
• .your letter of 37th instant, enclosing doe d from Mr i
. and j.Sra* Edison to Samuel Insnll • for - Glenm'ont , is received.
. Mr, Randolph has not yet received his Commission as a.. Com¬
missioner of Deeds, and he -cannot therefore take the acknowledge¬
ments'. Of- Mr.. and. Mrs. Edison in connect ion with this document.
Do you wish ma to call in another Commissioner of Deeds, 'send the
do etna nt t o Mrs . Edison and have her sign it? If so, please
tel^Rhone -m to that effect 'on. .'Monday . morning , and I will have the •
matter attended to immediately . Perhaps -.we had better wait until
Mri Edison ro turns home; as yo.i know, he Isas' not . yet seen your
previous .letter on this subject. . . >,
Yoxirs tasty , '■ ■
Pr ivate Secretary .
March 30, 1891
John Krev
General Electric* Co.
Sc hone
Dear S:
X befi to confirm the following telegram cant to yon by
'Please ship drill to Laboratory and. let ujb know
when alternator ready for teat. EDISOH. “
yottrs tnily ,
Pr ivat e Secretary ,
Lihore, Esq., Assistant Manager,
1 beg to confirm the following telegram sent to you
thi3 morning by Mr. Edison, in reply to your' latter of 30th inst<
in regard to mica:
“Please examine samples more carefully. You will
seo they are split to proper thickness ready for
putting together and there is no waste. You le<
out entirely saving in waste and labor of splitt:
to size when quoting price. Please answer again,
have twenty thousand pounds in stock, but prices
quoted would bs a I033 , EDISON. "
Youre very truly .
Privat e Secretary.
Mafrch 31, 1891,
lands, m addition to which, Mr, Edison found that the rap fur-
maned- by the Ogden Iron Company was vaiy touch astray , and he ia
t tying to get the thing right. As soon as this work ia finished
idy to, complete the transaction «
Yours very truly,
Private Secretary.
Your latter of 21st instant has remained twanewered
otring to the absence of Mr. Edison, who only returned to the
Laboratory yesterday.
In reply Mr. Edison has instructed me to say -that if you will ,
P ra3n at °cdeA ^ that he had been to very great
expense in making surveys tof .the Property. His men are' still on
this work and have it veiy nearly completed. You met be aware
that it is not a v„ry easy matter to make surveys in the High-
Coo rge Richards, Eatj.,
Dover, New Jersey >
Private Seoratary.
' March 31, 1891.
Major a. B. Eaton, ... -
$120 Broadway, .
Npw yoric . •
Boar Sin*
Mr. Edison lias read your .letter of PJth instant, ye
Oo.oni/,1 Patents and Proposed Asa igra*mt to Brftah Ckwipany, at
london., In reply, he has ina true ted /As to say to you that hs
*anta everj'thine'in the way of expinsSfl. that Ms contrast en*
titles him to. In other words, he wants all he can get. Mr.
Edison Bays farther that he mat Obtain the Electric Railway
lioenoea before transferring anymore pat eft tB. He also desired
to be furnished with copies of the patents.
Yours very truly , •
«. M, Jiivoi*,
ft Parm * a. concantrat 1 mg- Work® ,
Maxell 31, 1891.
. H. j.
D6«r S'it *»
41; J3r% J^ie on‘U w)<it»at I forward to you tha attfUoasd
£*&& hfejor Satan, in r^ajid to at^Haih mining jpi'llanoea
ty th* mr&nc XJectpaay, thick that obmj^ny id tte-
>*$#»& nelll^v;. >ftr, &4;uj»a desiUesyou to inject this
:ofeehinB?5* aod ^api^jTdodta 16 th hint in Heard to it.
Yonra vary truly ,
March 31, 1£<J1.
i3d Phonograph Co.,
G. N. Morison, Esq., Secretary,
Mills Building, Mew York City.
In- reply to your letter of 26th intst ant, in which you
that the Australian papers contain accounts of twenty nickel-
in-She-elot- inaohinea being exhibited in Australia by a Mr. McMahon
you believe, claims to be Mr. Edison’s agent, Mr. Edison has
iastrac'ted ras to info an you that the person referred to ia not his
dfi'ent, and that lie has nothing whatever to do with him. Also,
itJsvt Col. Gouraud sold a couple of phonographs to a man named
\r Ribald, who, in turn, hired tliem out to the McMahon Brothers,
%lio- arc show-men; these latter, Mr. Edison understands, travelled
with the machines .on a lecturing tour throutfi Australia! they
*'iii ted London and from there came to New York, a few weeks ago,
a. which time they called on Mr. Edison; the latter, however, had
no .ii'anaaotioiis • with . them. Mr. Edison understands' that they were
very thick with the Nickel -in-the-Slot people, and if the state-
Mr. Udison aayi
ihoulcl be
down ,
Yours
Private
Major St *■' Eaton,
Broadway
New York City ,
Dear Ssrt- ■
j- i «*.« «.*«««, «- Mlso„ ^ wsel
• “■T*1 **“l *MS1‘ M» or „K1„.
t1"* 7a' *“ * U“ °f *» «■*«* W*.*, „
Wi*“m »■*•*» * ««W of the »M ,u,
**fr w"“— - - *-«* - »„ * st
totltrtsn,, tumm-in the accompanying ini*,,,',,. IM.lStt
will; then bp flOrepJpte.
)I°r <h> «» to oa,„!t ooftcie, 9t#. _
T* “ C°’””Ctto” ^ »«* »«- «- W *» » lotto'
T‘h "5“W'i 1 b« *« ***** *o **»**. *.
T ”• .*•*• “»"*• »«*«* » «»«<, «.. *».*,* .
to »«»* to tree, of 3iMl ^ lMat,t
%„« Hidee, this is where njr Greenhouse ip sifted, W &
t0 60 t0 . •>““»' *> .«teM be dnei^d in the aa
w , part of Glonmont, . • '
Yflure truly-, -
The H. B* Claflin Company,
Church St., Worth St. & W. Broadway
Now York City
Your let tor of 33rd xxltimo has remained unanswered.
owing to the absence of Mr. Edison, «hP only returned to the
laboratory yesterday'
In regard' tp sending Mr. Anderson's picture to ‘ the Berlin
Exposition, Mr. Edison has instructed* mato say to you that, he
sorry he cannot consent to this. The picture is already hung in
Mr. Edison '•£
.deuce, and he would not like to have it taken
away.
very truly
jrtiiy that the bearer, G. SACCO ALBAWESE, lias
’ Laboratory for the past eight months , eta ring
•formed al.T) tha work assigned to ham in a satis-
He is very anxious to acquire a knowledge of
search of a position y/heite lie
opportunity of devoting hi mat? If to that \?o ro¬
lling and reliable young
and I cheerfully
icamrmnd him to any one in need of such ceryicoo ns he ia dapablo
of rendering.
» omo4
April 2, 1391
Mr, James J, I-’ronheiser,
Sup't. Metallurgical Dep’t.,
Cambria Iron. Co., Johnstown, Pa.
Your letter of 23rd ultimo has remained unanswered
owing to the absence of Mr. Edison, who Only returned to .the
Laboratory yesterday.
In' reply l beg fro infom y ou that Mr. Edison has not -yet '
placed any of his Ore Milling machines on the market? those that
have been made thus far he is using himself. Mr'. Edison has just
completed the erection of a plant at the Ogden Mine in New Jersey;
it is now in operation and has a capacity of two thousand tons of
crude ore per day. If you desire it, Mr. ‘Edison will see if he .
can arranger to have a car load of your slag run through the ma¬
chine. They are turning. out at Ogdon at the1 present time about
175 tons of 6# metallic iron, .050 phosphorous, fron a 23 \f, ore.
. Yours very truly,
Private Secretary.
April 2, 1891.
Michigamme, Michigan ,
Mr. Edison has read your latter of '"25th ultimo,
Jlosing letter of introduction from Mr. John Birkinbine of Phila¬
delphia. In reply Mr. Edison has instruct 6d use to inform you
that he regrets there is no opening in his mining 'bti3iness at the
lould place you. It is possible, ho we1
present time whe:
tlat there may be an opening some time in the future, and if
mind. Mr. Edison has just completed
Edison will tear yi
tiling plant at Ogden, N. J.; it
the erection of his
operation and has a capacity of two thousand tons of crude
every twenty hours.
Yours very truly
Private Secretary
Florida,
have your letter of 82«d ultimo, that you »m
visit ua this month and square up amount.
M- o„inB »**. W . . ,tatin<mt „f ^ ‘
”ten rw ■alarr 00”en“d - *1 **»*
Privat*
i desire to obtain a '’life of fir. Edison. " There
little l}°ok pnbl ished by Cassall A Co,, in the World Workers
Sorias, entitled “Edison and Morse; " also another one published
in Chicago, of which Col. MpClurd is tpe author. If you have
got the book» 1 refer to in stock, ploasp give a <?opy of each of
them to hearer, alid if ynU hr>e riht got thesi in stock, please
try and obtain them in Hew York and send them out .to me by th<
You can also send ary other hife of Mis Edison flat
mssaebf
Yoitrs
^rivat e' >
C. E. Spicra, Esq.,
The Van Mo strand Company,
#23 Murray St., New York.
April a, mi. '
Mr. ,T . H. Shun,
She Buckeye Pipe Mne Go.1,
Lima, Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 2?th ult imo to Hr. Edison, say iris .that yctt
d®3 ire to .use- one of oar 40 light incandescent mohinaa on yqtjr.
telegraph line- and about 15 c. p. lamps, and asking if th* machine
can be uaod auceeaafully for the purpose, has be oh received. In
reply I bog to inform yon that there ffin he no change necessary
in your dynamo, provided that 50 volts wil,i be &U that yew, win.
need for tel agraphia purpose*:, fhis you can arrange na aheftn in
the annexed diagram, and it will give you both polariiie* jn ad¬
dition to your incandescent lamps. If, Wove i*, you require a '
hundred. volts of both polarities, the amat-dra and field magnet
windings would have to be altered, for which purpose w«: ahoujd
advise yon to ns rid it- to the 3ohenectedy Ttarka of the 33dieo»
Gen’l. Kleotri-o Co.
Yours very truly,
Yours tntJy
Private Secretary,
Dear- Sirs?-
Tjfith reference to your lettei* of* 21st ultimo to Mr«
Edison, advising him that the 6th years tax on liis two British
Phonopls* patents, Moa. 7584 and 7582, pf 18B5, mat he paid baforo
■Jvtna 2Snd, and t)u fourth years tax on his two Br. patents oh
Pyro-iftagrt&tio Motors and Pyi*o -Mag antic- Generators, imlSt be paid
before Juno 13th, Mr. Edison says to 1st these by default *
Messrs, Dyei* & SOely,
#26 V? a 1 I S t r o e t ,
'Hav/York Qity.
April 3, 1891 1
sending to you by to-night 8 n
iy each of the following books:
under separate cover, one co]
B. Morse
Mjhomas A. Udison and Samue
’’‘Edison and his Ih vent ion a.
fcondeft publication;
Trusting that the
Also a copy, of ‘Celebrities of tlis
eontaininfe h ShBtoli of Hr. Edition1
will meet with your approval
1 ara, yoaite respectfully
3M 4Pril, 1851.
a. ft. Childs,
#S$ fteado sii*aet,
New Yottc City.
Dear Si*:-
Your letter of 2Srd ultiiao tea wtoinea unanswered
Wife td the absence Of Mr, Edison, who only Miirnsd $0 tha
baboratory a day oV do ago.
• in regard to the plan which ym suggest1 for peteordinp tele¬
phony jT^easajT'^a, Mr. jUlisen Jaad instructed p» to say toy on that ,
iS l&n siQti were 'to ftyeak any parJ;io'xlar ta>pd into the phonogndph.
•, "hallo11 for 0xamJ)W» thOro wodid bp no rasemblanoe vrhatatur in
their notords , Thid is accounted f6i« by the- .different shapd of
each rasp's mdttfch, teeth, etc. etc. 2! ha s$une word uttered by
different peys&nb does not 4d\we the bap© vibrations, it would
aom, therefore ? that your plan would not work.
Yours truly.
Private Seore tary .
' i /’ -
■ KsU>
April 4, 1S91.
A. J. Knisaly, Baq., Secretary,
Barrian County Horticultural Society,
Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Dear Sir:-
Hr. Edison has rsooivod your lottan of 28th uMino,
'rttl:f1°h •“*—* “r • Pass.d St . rso.n, .
““T °f "" Mi0hic“ *•“ Sooioty, prot.,,^
" ?— • “ ** on ths
Sabbsth*
In Moard to w stntmsnt to «, .HW, that th„ oh,ima|i
,,P ”” af””“i4 *— *» that tho snori.ah
Inventor ntntionsd tMrsin a8 odossd Ms EaWstony *
Uto.faM. Litton „„ dnna^. u *. WiB0„, 4„ ^ „
your qnsstioiy „ *, „h,ti»n t„ ^ ^ ^
stmctM « tf aar to yon that ha dot, not hno, shothsn th. stats-
«.nn.a to is tans on not; if ,* Edison Psni. „.«hlt ,as
not open on Snip.,, Hn. Edison doss not «*..*» his nspnss.nt-'
atitvodosoa ^ „„ rtl.eimg ^
on •» ondon fnos. Hr. Edison, ,„s laM„
Expositions on Sun**., ^ ^ ^ ^
A. Jo Khieoly, Rsq., Secretary;
to visit theni, attd in. his opinion thi Managers of tlief World,'
Pair would sate & great mistake should th ey decide to close
■tba Exposition .on. SitndaySk
YOiirs very truly
April 4, 1891.
Oscar VT. Maddaus, Esq,
#197 Pearl Street,
Hew York*
Your letter of- 28th ultimo, enclosing a sample Of fibre.
has been duly received by Mr. Edison, who has flaked to thank
Mr. Edison ia thoroughly familiar with this Class of fibre,
which' In referred to as the “Monkey -bast* from Para. Ke lias
used large quantities Of it and employed it in connection with
many hundreds of lamps. It is not a3 good, however, . ds bamboo.
yours veiy truly.
P»Jva %tt sepreta
its
April .4, im.
&• ‘'SEatfcina, 3?b<j., Secretary*
’Executive Committee for latent Calibration,
Ko* $11 G Street, Washington, 3). c.
3»**.JJ4rfc> '
X beg to Acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 31et
ultitoo nddrossed to Mr. Edison, notifying him of hja §ppgintv*ent
at* an Honorary l£ce~Prasideni of- the Oongyooa of Invent#*? ityid
Manni’acttirora of Patented InVcntiona,to be h<si4 in Washington
on April 8th, 9th apd 10th, fo)j* the Celebration of the beginning
of t l*e -ihxsond Oentwy of the American Patent System. .
1 Peg ne t to say that Mr. Edison is at present absent from
home and is not estpeotad to return for several weeks. It will
therefore be imprectidable for him to attend the Patent Celebration
fours very truly, •
Mac ter G. Herbert Simpson,
East Berkeley, California.
Dear Maate)
Your very interesting; let¬
ted in the absence of Mr. Edison
of 27th ultimo
With reference
thereof, I would
only
who has longed t<
is it other globes than our
that journeys to
planets would be made possible. At present
the difficulty is to obtain sufficient f<
to throi
the limits of the earth’s attraction; for although Mr. Jules Vei
.d this in his novel "Prom the Earth
ild produce, to
oannoi
woven
attract:
i on Id be landed.on a planet
by caret
of the mocenl
,fraid the. dangei
volved in such, an attempt is likely to prevent its boing tried
Just yet, because if the car
luld wheel around the planet aimed at in al:
indless oirclesj
not to speak of the difficulty of maintaining life on arrival
Yours very trul;
Privat ■
itter of -4th instant addressed t.
inform. yon 'that ym will find, a detailed
linetBiy^y-th* voltjne •embodying the propead-
»«£! .of the Amolri Can Association for the. Ad-
ii» held at St. Lohis, Mo., August 1978.
esiatanefl tja^VAnometei’ will won! well if the
irith VIheat3totte Bridge.
Yonre very ^ruly
Secretary.
Altfil 8, 1891*
Dear Sir:
Mr, Edison has- read your letter of 3rd instant, in
regard to the insertion of the forfeiture clause in the N, J,
Iron Mining Co. Mt. Olive lease, and he woiild like you to explain
to him what this clausa .is and wherein the danger lies.,
Youro very truly
Private Secretary,
0 harass ifetthej bp, Bsq . ,
#33 Yfest, ,25 th Street,
New York City.'
■Replying to your I^ter of 7th instant, received this
MliVHihB, in regard to the lease of the Putnam County Ope phoptePty,
1 ** *»fom y*ni that Major Ba$»n -obtained this docnrieift from
mo On the aist of January last, before J had an opportunity of
making copies of it. i telephoned Baton g, hevrta #tis morning
&ld leamod that Major Baton. was .absen®, Mr. MeadotftSMffc, however,
promised to have tha lease looked up. and a copy of it made and
sent to your house to-day if possible. I explained to Mr. Meadow-
oroft that you ware urgently in need of it, and ha promised to do
the best ho Could.
YOura truly,
' J • Fronhe
Ma ta3. lure ical Dap ' t .
Co., Johnatovm, Pa.
letter of 7th instant is at hand.
, Edison las just .returned from Staelton, Pa., where they
sd to him the /matter of getting the iron out of the Bessemer
to try and accomplish this by his process and
up with a plant. If the experiment
furnish your Company with a plant
Yours
Privat esioFeti
Prancis R. Upton, Esq., Sen1 1. Manager,
Lamp Mfg. Dep’t. , Edison Gen'
Mr. Edison has read your letter of 8th instant in
regard to the arcing of lamps. He notes that in your opinion
riot in the carbons, but that
rurmihg the lamps too low on the pumps. In reply Mr. Edison
says tint perhaps you are right, but you have better oarbons
Yours very truly.
April 11, 1891.
R. R. Bow2:er, Bsq . , 1st Vic a -Pros i dent.
The Edison Electric Jliximinatinc Go. of Hew York,
#16 & 18 Broad Street, New York City ...
Your letter of 7th instant, enclosing copy, of a com¬
munication addressed by you to Mr. John Kraus i , is before no.
I havo from the very beginning- down to the present time
always been in favor of assuming that the electric light has
come to Btay, that the people will have it, and that a stub-
service should be laid at every junction box. Great care, mat
be used, however, in capping the end of the stub service* There
is no question whatever about thfc great saving it would effect
in the course of five or six years.
Yoltrs ven' truly, ,
in
m
mm
April 13, *891,
E. 0. Felteih. Esq. , pupH,
Pennsylvania Steel Company .
Steelt on, Vpt
Replying to yot m letter of 11th install* to Mr. r.dlaon,
please send the .sample of Bessemer Converter slag to the laboj
tory*. Orange, H,
and very much oblige
yonr3 truly.
private geoyotary,
April 13, 1691
H. lit lAvor, 33s<j.
M, «T. & Pem’jt. Concentrating Works,
Op-a&nabxvrs, M. J<
Dear Sir!
than by loiter*
Youra very truly
Private Sooreta ry •
April
Mr. Edison lias received your letter of 9 th iristant,
in regard to an instrument for locating mgnotio iron ore,
Sloe instrument referred to fn Mr. Edison’s letter to you of
Nov* 7th, 1889, is not portable enough for ordinary
accurately the exaot
designed for the purpose of locating
for sinking, and it wpuld not be valuable for , rough
l“or simply locating t1*3
ordinary dipping
needle, to be obtained of any dealer- in Surveying Instruments,
quite traffic lent*
Yours vary, truly.
Private Secretary,
Private So creth
Dear Sir:- , '
Your letter of 10th instant is at band.
Mr* Eflison has tw processes for duplicating phonographic
reoords. With one it is necessary that t te original? should bo
taten on a special Kuchina. With the other vb can Obtain fvoca
thirty to fifty duplicates, providing tha original is good, fhe
cost for duplicating cylinders is, 65 cents each. The pro case ia'
complicated, end to only duplicate at ths -Laboratory,
Yours verj' trnly,
Mr. H, K. fliranaa,
MO. 54 Chester Park,
Boston, Mass.
taltfnel Mciuitfc-
ClWl
($n«wic:fo
/
iantusj ihWai,
* Herewith Certificates Nos, 75 and n of
Electric lerpcdo Compaq,' for 20 share a and i0
.fcarac, respectively, fhcae oertificaeds ttd*o brought to Hr.
•pdicon by Ur* *. Scott Sims. -ho desired the former to enl-ortbe
at $5ti fetch i\>r the shares named in Co rt^oatg Ho. 75 *■- ?,q ^
>Jtober, the proOfeHla of Vhiel, ware to be paid into the tlwaaiii*
** *“ Sira8"^^9» forredo Oh. As nll inducement ft>r %
to tm thaw shares Hr. Sinjs offered him gntfis the atee*
certificate #9£ — 10 shares in number'. Mr. Jidiabn
gained tP 4b to the at.oc*, offering you his ri6ht of' subscript i or
hi* ^hioh .yon availed yebrwjf. ®hes* eertificatas afe therefore
yhwi* properly. .Kindlf ^knowledge fertaipt.-
3W>ttra very truly
$>vi,'y.A t«f fjaero 'ia.ry
April 14, 1391,
Now York City
Respecting the copy sent y ou on 14th nit too of letti
from the American Graphophone Company,, dated Maroh 12th, 1891,
regarding the' right of the said Company to purchase certain
ihterestf
Mr. Lippineott - that is to say, the Edison Phoi
Speaking Phonograph Co., I beg to adv:
you that I find no acknowledgement’ has been made of the rece'i
;his inl’ornat:
miliar with the facts. No action will be taken except on youi’
Yours very truly
Private Secretary,
16 1 -rii3UU, J3a,j , ,
0. Box 3,067,
I enclose herewith £
” . “ ‘hit ad lOt.h instant
received by Mr, Edison from Mias v u
Mias V. H. McRae, the Manager o-r
"SM? PHONOGRAM. u Miss McRae ^ ,
-3 seoUng advertisements for hot
"~i“ “ tes - «w. ««.tw ta,„01rtw
for "The Phonogram 11 the
Co. The publication i
■ ' “onsider worthy of
support, o„a » *» Sivo» it t.,o temaot„rt,K 0MW,s ni_
thV"ly -“•» - th. totter rf iMmJc
to UM for by irae b„„ „ „ ^
h°?e tlV-t y™ wiU find dt 'your power to throw some of the
aClriai" °f thS **«*™*- C°* the pages Of „** ?H0
fours very truly,
April 14, 1891,
pv S. C. Felton, Sup**., .
I PemW/rlymia $isal pompgtuy,
! elton,, Pa.
Doan Sir.'-
la reply to your latter of 13th instant, 1 bag to Bay
that the 100 tons of ora will be shipped from the mill to-day.
I do not understand y<Avr ana jy a is. I'lttj iron seems to tes too
low by one unit, and th? -phosphorous? is far too low accordMie to
•Uie analysis of £f if ford in Itev Y ork. Howovav, when yoit rooeiya
the 100 tons you etui take a general sample! In samplihc rannsmber
that the larger particles by the jolting of the Cars will come to
the top, and as tJssa ?.ra the ones that contain the silica it, will
be batter to sample the material after it has been cMmp ad from
the cars.
Yo^re very truly ,
April 14,, 1891.
Miss V, He McRae, }J anager,
'* I "r. « ? h o n o g i' a !iia u
New York City .
Deal* Miss Malice, -
Mr-* Edison haw road your latter of 10th instant
and ho regrets very mach t)at hie engage manta arc aaoh lie cannot
arrange at the present tifffi for a .personal ' interview* He take a
imaoh pleasure, however, in forwarding’ t.o you the enclosed letter
of introduction to Mr. Samuel Instill, in compliance with your re¬
quest, and I have to-day Witten to Mr. Jnsull, preparing him for
an iirterviov/ with you and saying a good word in favor of “She
Phonogram “ as an advertising medium.
Hr. Raison will bo very pleased to do whatever lies in his
power to assist your enterprise, which has his best wisher, for
slice oss.
Yours very truly ,
Private Secretary.
April 14, '1891
-f* Parrott, 13a<i., chief Electrician,
Haml Qmrtoi'3, Mr* Dejartmajit ,
Chicago, 113.3,
Hoar Sir;-
Mr. HcUsoh doaivffs u» $o s«jr in reply to yonr latter of
10th inatant tliat as ho has never personally iqpkoa After the de¬
tails of exhibits in previous Expositions, ]* has no data to cuids
him in mamxtfiB yonr question ra^rdang floor space , Ho cays
that the- best posted man cm aleotHbal exhibits ig Mr. Y7, J. Hcmi-
mer» Tawil* Cowt» Beckman St., Mew York City, who had charge of
Mr. Bdigon^ display at the .last’ French position. f.Ir. Harbor
has boon at the. head of nearly every electrical exhibit dhpi**j
the lust ten yoari and would be w exceedingly valuable msm to yqn.>
Ho is d/ring penarRl electrical enejinaefing work «n York and is
not identified with oiiy particular intarcat.
YC(u*3 very truly,
Private Swvpt&vy-*
Letterbook, LB-049
u™fcle“e:b0°k C0vers the Period APril-June 1891. Most of the letters
are by Alfred O. Tate. There is also correspondence by Edison, Thomas
Maguire, John F. Randolph, and E. W. Thomas. Many of the letters relate to
Edison s work on an improved phonograph and to legal and financial dealings
among the various phonograph companies. Some of the legal correspondence
^°nc®r.n.s the legation involving Edison, the Edison Phonograph Works, and
the Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. In addition, there are
numerous etters pertaining to the business of the New Jersey & Pennsylvania
oncentratmg Works, including the leasing of mining properties and Edison’s
vestments in that company. Included also are documents concerning the
company s relations with the Edison Phonograph Works, which supplied it with
ore-mining machinery and equipment. There is also correspondence relating
to the Edison Manufacturing Co. at Silver Lake, N.J. and to the manufacture
and marketing of the improved Edison-Lalande primary battery. Other letters
deal with electric lighting and with the establishment of billing procedures for
experimental work done at the West Orange laboratory for the Edison General
Electric Co. The front cover is marked "1891." The book contains 700
filmed^ ^ 30 mdex' APProximately 25 percent of the book has been
April 3.5, 1991,
Charles Batohelor, Esq.
-33 West 25th Street
New York City,
I bee to hand you, i,arewith p special messertc<sr the
copy of Profile of proposed tirb 3?e$tN Railroad from P. * ft. C,' b 1,
Co’s Ore Mines to the end of the ftailr'dad at -Oroft kino, nhich
you asked ibr yesterday when at the Lafidratgiry and Which was
received this morning from Mr. Birkinbine.
priyatb JSOcrol
April is, 1891. .
R* 0. Kinkoad, Esq., President,
The Kentucky Phonograph Company,
No. 246 Fifth 3t., Louisville, Ky ,
he,ar Sir:-
I have your letter of 9th instant, in which you ask
for information concerning the improved phonograph. In reply I
take pleasure in informing you that a model of the mi phonograph
has been made and tested, with vary satisfactory result®. This
latest machine ia the result of all the 40 axmuiaW experience
gained in connection with the regular instrument during tte last
few years. In addition to the present size of cylinder a mailing
Phonogram can also be used on the improved machine, the ctonge
from one to the other being effected % a single movement. The
large size cylinder will hold abou* 1500 woyds and the mailing
cylinder about 400. The instrument is a very handsome one - much
finer looking than its predecessor; it is very easily operated
and has been pronounced fey experts 4n the as perfectly
satisfactory in every particular, in ^e mdohine are embodied 41
the improvements and mm9VB that to desired, euqh ^ a
good stop and start fd * to*! £er indi^ti^ phe»
ti$ end of the cylinder ie rOftohed.
,n the Wwxtartlon .X th. »„ M,Mm M the
public, J » sorw x ..nnot ym w m tMs
pci*. a. I have nothin .ha,.,,, * *,h ^
»f ti. Phcno^aph. m, prcin.. bains t0 ^
**■ ,0” "■>" «» tocwcau Phcnc^h 0..
ata.*. ox th, aro-bcti,, .r phchC^a,. ** 8ltM it „
tahiho X., ,h. introduction of th, l^ovna WMh., j to „*
W. I Astana that th.ro i. ,oas „„cmitatio„ ^ on
thS °0W’ 1 “ *•»*»«■ i» rocpTO tc it. ox euro,
I - very mch int.ro. tad in navi* th. „.« lmvm)nt M..M ta
th. haul, ox th, public, but a. in, trot.* in ,M a„^ , ^
40 MU* “ ttet “"•*»«■ *»«* no «.th«i B„
York Corajiany. VI
yours vary f.ycnly t
April 16, 1891,
Mr. B. s. MofYat,
Lackawanna Iron & stool Oo.,
Scranton, pa.
Dear Sir:-
Renri^ to your letter of 13,h imtmt , ^ ^
H “ "* “** » — ««1* your „ew
!00, ». have hod an interview wit), Mr. Clarke artf hove
“• arr“0'”“' t0 100 — « - oonoentrates for trie!
it win to fo rwarded to-norrov or next Dia y0„ „
analysis of the want,!, I „,nt to you. Ih8 .h,lsist to ^
“ amly‘i' 8h0’,“a ■0S0 P”°=P»oroue, but the Pennsyl-
“ ^ **“ -005' ”™ — *■ • — - aomwhore of „•
"1*“ 1 *“* “» — P^tes carry .060 instead of
.005. • ,
Yours truly.
If
April 16, 1391.
H* M. Livor, 33a q.,
N. J. & pa. Concentrating V/ork3,
Ogdensbtirg, N. J.
Dear Sir:-'
Replying to your letter of 14th instant, you need not
feel any anxiety whatever about the sale of our product. I saw
Mr. Clarke, of the Lackawana, and he astonished me by saying that
he could use the material in his furnaces, ani that it would not
blow out; tint -the price of 7 cents was perfectly satisfactory; *
wanted me to send 100 tons right on. I declined payment for the
first 100 tons. He says that we will get a fair show and that
they are prepared to use the material. I am doing some work for
tto parties to whom we have shipped these samples; it will take
me there quite often.
Yours very thuly,
April 16, 1891,
Mr, Jas. J, Fronheiaer,
* ' Sup't. Metallurgical Dap' t.,
Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown, Pa,
Replying to your letter of 14th instant to uv Secret cry,
I bog to say that I an following this matter right up. There is
no use making two experiments. I am going to ship a machine to
Steelton for the purpose of making preliminary experiments. They
have forwarded me a sample of slag, which they say is the run of
the dump. Prom, the experiments which I will make at Steoltoh I
shall be able to construct a plant that can be used for working
these waste dumps, and it can be duplicated for you.
I send you by express a sample of concentrates which are being
made at our mill at Ogden, N. J., which has a .daily capacity of
2,000 tons of crude ore and an output of 500 tons of concentrates
per day of 20 hours. Please analyse the sample and see if it is
valuable for your rise. We are charging seven cents per unit for
the iron, delivered on cars at Ogden, N. J. My impression has
been that the freight would not permit you to use thrse concen¬
trates, but some one was telling me yesterday that your Company
was putting in pn trial a plant of the .Ac|am? j^ess, and that t]
AOflW fine oWl I have ’ Elyses ^ of
these concentrates. One chemist cave 66 metallic iron and .050
P*o.ptoTOS. a. ps,™yivanla stS8l rwrta 68>S4 n9t4ijio
»~n, «. oMr .005 ph„phoraue. Jhepa la #<u-]r a ^
I think the material will carry .050 phosphorous.
Yours very truly..,
^i«ii*^l^4^aB*5aiasaaa
April 16, 1891.
Sawuel Insull, .Esq,,
P. 0, Box 3067,
Nevr York City.
• Dear SirJ-
Our experimental bills for this year are all held lack
pending n settlement respecting the basis /upon whioh wa should
bill experiments for the Edison General Electric Company. As
I understand it you have already agreed with Mr. Edison that these
costs* shall be made up as follows: Labor, Material, General Ex¬
pense, the last inoluding ordinary general expense, appliances in
use, taxes, insuranoe and small tools. Nothing is to be allowed
for depreciation.
I wish you would kindly confirm this at once, so tint we can
make our books up properly. When work gets so far behind it takes
almost a couple of nonths to cateh up.
Yours very truly,
April 16, 1891.
H. C. Deeming;, Kao.,
Harr is burg Pa.
Dear Siri-
^pVinc to yonr tottor of uth instant, I beg to oct
“ 1 t'° ”°'! k"°” «*>* «» manutaotunao, a,**"*,**
instrument • I beliave Mat that, i..**, maims, a
*“* -Wt. in Haokettstown, N. an, teB snch _
Tbioh I think he would sell.
Yonrs truly,
I
John H* Wood, Esq.,
18 & SO Lib
April 16, 1891*
9 V t y St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
ViU yoU pl9aaa forw®I’d ^ Major a, B. Eaton, No. 120
Bow v„t Plt>. . oowlet8 u.t of ^
roiawo. ana proMrty in Uaaaliyn ,**. aaM hta a oob) w
M» one »hi.h i. on m. « th. haboretory, ana .blob aho*. .
total insurance or #14S.*»: aharaaa tho attaabsa list, ronwdoa
t. «. b, Major Baton, shous a total of only 573,500.
Eive this yq«r immediate attention.
MW. Edison has Eons aw and win j» absent about a m0nth<
t>P«n bar „«nrn ah. -ants all Mliaia. ...arm* bony proparty '
Placed in her hands.
Yours yery truly, ■
y
•vs
April 16, 1891,
Major S, B. Baton,
#120 Broadway,
Hew York city.
Dear Sir:-
The li*t of insurance on Mr. Edison's residence end
proparty in Idawallyn Park enclosed vrithyouT letter of 13th
instant is incomplete. The total insurance is $148,900.00, whefeac
tte list fomarded to me 1* yoturself aho#* a total Of only $?2,500,
I have instructed .Mr. Vood to sandy « a copy of the am iist of
polioiea.
Yours very truly,
April 1&; 1891.
The Staten Machine Co.,
Hailroad Place & Commerce Street,
Newark, N. J.
Dear Sirs:-
With reference to your letter of 13th instant, you
have been misinformed in regard to a portion of the Phonograph
Works being available for- outside work. While we are not usin
the whole of the factory at the present moment, we may at any
time require its full capacity, and we therefore hold it in
readiness.
Yours truly, _
April Ik, 1891,
My dear Shaw,-
you au, richt about tha Sunbmy buolre„,' md ,
T ^ 3U0COB3 ln 00™*°tion with the reorganization.
" tells me that Wilson Howell viaited Sunbury ^ mde a
not invest any fresh money «
Yours very truly.
. ' ■' "'v - ^
Private Secretary.
V.- ■U-
p* B. Shaw, Jjsq.,
Williamsport, Pa.
April 18, 1891.
Samuel Inaull, 15aq.f
P. 0. Box 3067, New York City.
Doar Sir:-
Reply ine to your latter of 15th tetont, I ,*0 to w
““ «t the time the Toy Phonograph Co. „„ ,on5ia.ri^
Of fo„is„ lieenee, th, prt0e thot ,hey >or# ^ ^
roo.ri.too by Hr. Rdi.ou ,„d,r . ol.u.. ln ^ tt>
Hcht linl* th9 s™ * hundred thousand
(oJOO.OOO). I havo no memoranda upon which onr ootioiato was
was simply tho result of a conversation between Mr.
““ *hieh 1 >“*»>»'» to embody in . latter to Mr.
Stevens before any action by t„ Tof 0mpmr,, ^
abroad, m order that our view, ,„iei,t I* thoroushly underat ood
before they comsitted thameel... i„ any w. elated by
admlMM * “» Company , „ propose
as follows: four-fifth, of tbs same to Mr. Kdteu, '«pr,M„,i^.
on*, station of royalty, .M one-fifth „ th, Mi,„„ Pho„oeraph
Horns , representing commutation of imnufoo ttar ir3 profit.
Yours vary truly.
MeBaro, Dyer & Seely,
#36 Wall St l»
April 18, 1891,
Hew York City,
Dear Sira:-
I bee to confirm nv verbal inst motions of 16th in
to the effect that I do not deaire to liave my Portuguese Ore
Milling patent worked.
Yours very truly,
April 20, 1891.
P. Brewster, Ksq.,
Grand Hotel,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Dear Sir:-
Voiu- letter of 1st instant tea regained unanswered
Ortnc to the absenoe of Mr. Edison, who returned to the Labor.-
tory only a few days ago.
In reply Mr. ’Raison haa instructed me to say that it must be
obvious to you that every one who first wont into the electric
motor business would necessarily conceive of ha vine a Cearless
motor. She reason why cearless motors are not used is, that to
get the. same power as with gears, they have to be, made enormously'
large. The Westinghouse gear less motor would simply pull a bob-
tail car on a level; on a slight grade it would get stalled.
Ymirs truly,
Private Secretary.
April 20, 1891.
Sm M« Douglas* Esq.,
German National Bank,
. Newark, H. J.
Dear Sir:-
With reference to your letter of 14th instant addressed
to Mr. Edison, the gentleman who negotiated for the puTohaset of
the Silver Lake property from Mr. W. Q. Smith, infortns us that
there was no agreement tliat Mr. Edison should pay half of the tax
for 1890. All of the conditions of the agreement have been ful¬
filled.
Yoi^rs truly.
Private Secretary.
X-4
Thomas Eclaat oi), j}sq>>
school MM*,, OolUBblll 0oUaeOi
Apitil 20, 1891.
St. .* Po„,h Av,„ SmYark'
«o ***,, omy . j™ :r ““°n' ”■
»= •“*« o»ir eot , litu„
‘•W. • oroohe. „ «, ^
a Mt «»"W f*ir lropooo.
Private Seoii^
62
SdiBOn Un ^ Monograph oo.,
G* ”* M°riaon* ®3qt, Soc^ertahy,
New York City. ■
Dear Sir;-
• Refer^C again to' you* lettey of .
copies of net-i + < * f "lth Ulstant> the
i°“’ ■l’ooirieationo „a drart . .
*»« n.oei»M „ ... , „ *"**» “n,ll>“a «»>«n,
attention. « *« - »- *<W.
• *°r ffere Atoned to. the 0fisca n,
r bm "wrtM ,or” - - — jr* t “
exceedingly that +h < reived. 2 »cr9t
• tlat th0 “***«*• occurred ^ t *
you ao inconvenienoe* ^ 0aUaed
^ ®iao„ .w. ttat wtMt, m ^
8«> ««. 395, 900, OOO,^ “
inventions eve** * a,,., ' W’ °f tte
•MtaW «J4».V eni ■ ”* eami(>i *" th" "“WWK
vnoie nlr ' * -van tin
net^o .
Vowr? Yfflty truiy t
Pacific Phonograph Company,
San JVanciaOo, Cal.
Dear Sir
instant,
1 t0 confirm the receipt of . ,
ipt of your telegram of iStjj
reading as follow*:
»»Q*h *»«„ ^ ^ to ^
M» m*W pho„wh» *, Io„a. Js u aUrlijbtt
Pacific Phonograph Company ^
#323 Pine St., San Francisco, Cal.
Dear Sir:-
I bee to confirm the following telegram sent to you
this morning in reply to your teleCram of 18th instant, the re¬
ceipt of which is confirmed elsewhere j
"A^l right! The instruments are tlnir property.
!i A* Edison. «
Yours truly,
April 20, 1891.
Samuel Insull, Esq.,
Edison 'Building, Broad St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:- -
Vftth reference to your letter of 23rd March, with
i*hich was enclosed an extract from a letter received by you from
Mr. Philip S. Dyer, in regard to a Children's Exhibit ion. to be
held in Milan next month, and at which it is desired soma of Mr.
Edison's talking dolls should be exhibited, Mr. Edison has in¬
structed me to say to you that he has been trying to obtain soma
Dolls for this purpose, but has not succeeded in doing so. Ihe
toy phonograph business, as you are aware, is tied up in litigation,
and for that reason Mr. Edison finds it impossible to obtain any
dolls. He has alrwady written Mr. Lieb on this subjqot in reply
to a letter which in received from that gentlenan.
Yours very truiy ,
April 20, 169a.'
Goorgg P. Kingsley, Esq.,
Orange, », j.
X •»«... herewith tod fr„ *dia ^ ^ ^
A. Muon, 4W1W M*h, IMp, „,• . tract of tans aitrated
t°"“hlP °f »• J- pXeaae hav, thia Weep record
after which ratam it to tHa offioe, aw oMip.
Private Secret;
d>4
April 21, 1891.
Samuel Insull, Esq,, 2nd Vioe-Pres't.,
Edison General Electric Company,
New York City .
Dear Sir':- ,
I enclose herewith a memorandum in regard to the cost
of experiments for the Edison General Electric Company ^ which I
wish you would be kind enough to approve, so that our authority
for billing may be complete. This basis was agreed to at an
interview between Mr. Edison, Major Eaton and yourself, held at
your house about two months ago. The proposition that cost should
include the items entered on the attached sheet emanated from you,
and therefore has now, practically, your approval.
I desired to add to the allowance cade by you, certain
charges for depreciation, but these you declined to admit. I
therefore turn to your own proposition and will be glad to receive
tliis authority at an early date.
1 do not know any better way of recording our understanding -
and I take it for granted that you agree with me it should be re¬
corded in order to save trouble in the future.
Iifi a great iqany instances, oping to a want of a proper pre¬
liminary understanding, we have suffered serious delay in obtaining
m
settlement of experiment accounts.. We want to avoid this in tie
casee of the Edison General and the North American Companies.
When the time comes we will obtain a similar acknowledgment from
the latter Company.
Yours very triily,
StaUel Inaull, Esq,
April 21, 1891.
Private Secretary-
April 21, 1891.
MEMORANDUM RESPECTING EXPERIMENTS FOR the EDISON GENERAL
ELECTRIC COMPANY CONDUCTED BY MR. EDISON, UNDER CONTRACT
DATED OCTOBER 1st, 1890.
It is understood between Mr. Edison and the Edison General
Electric Company that the cost of experiments charceable gainst
the latter, under contract named, shall consist of the ageregate
of the folldwing items:
Cost of Labor.
Cost of Material,.
GENERAL EXPENSE (This includes ordinary general
expense, appliances in use, '
taxes, insurance and small
tools ).
Approved
Second Vice-President.
April 21, 1891.
Richard N. Dyer, Esq.,
#36 Wall Street,
New York City.
iiear Sir:-
Mr. Edison lias asked me to thank you for your mjmo-
randum of "Authorities on proposition that in the case of a
"license agreement under a patent which provides that the license;
"shall pay the royalties upon certain dates, and further provides
"that on his failure to pay, the licensor may terminate the license
"agreement by notice, such license agreement can be legally termi-
unated by the giving of suoh notice." He read the same vat h much
interest.
Yotyra very truly •.
Private Secretary.
April 22, -1891.
Mr. Hermann Claudius,
a/o Mrs. Janata,
i 13, Vienna, Austria.
Reply to your letter of 23rd ultimo has be on delay ad
owing to the. absence of Mr. Edison.
You are entirely mistaken in attributing to the insulation
the trouble mentioned in the newspaper report which you quote, in
your letter. The insulation holds out splendidly. The reason
the lamps grow dull is because the carbons change their resistance.
The trouble is entirely with the lamps, and the street mains lave
nothing whatever to do with it} they have now worked satisfactorily
for nine years. We have more than 700 miles of tubes laid and we
never have had ary trouble with them.
p"''
Friyate Secretary
105
I ro a,d ,.w,a _y ,
I beg to confim the following nesaage telephoned yon
' offioeJ;this nwrningJ ; v.t-sr oi.‘ :!'!*.!■. ivi’itaut < r-wr-r.
“Doll: Company,. .deairpB to rompye some., wrapping paper
* 'whioh, is. at -the .Wpi’ksvandr. which; .theyr themselves. : . ; *
purchased originally.. Shall ;We;fle;t'tlBm.iiave :it? : .
We did npt attach., it.,,,, A» ,0A>J!ate..«, j th„
Private Secretary
April 22, 1891.
107
, April 21st, 1891,
Thomas A. Hdison, Ksq.,
■ My oliont, Mr, Theodore J>. King, of Drakesville in this
h“a r?°«ntly hoard that you are contemplating the purchase
from the Board of Propreitors of Eastern New Jersey a tract of land
(or the mineral* thereon ) near the easterly shore of lake Hepatoong
and a short distanoe north from tho Poroito Powder Works. it is
Mr. King’s information that the tract you thirds of buying includes
*r°rtof his. tract of 198 73/100 acres, whioh was conveyed to him
by Krama 1. Moller and husband by deed dated November 27th, 1882,
and recorded in the Morris County Clerk's Office in book Z.10 of
deeds on pages 859, Ac, Ip order that you may hot be in ignor-
anoe of hiq rights, Mi*. King desires me to write you that his land
is a pan of the "James Logen Thact" of 1119 acres, whloh was reW
hed^ under f "West "Jersey JooationMn:the early part of the last
century (August 22nd, 1715,) the return being recorded in the Sur¬
veyor General's Office at Burlington in Liber B., on page 41.
from that time to the present thetitleto thelogan Traot and the
eoveral pans thereof has been passed from hand to hand in regular
succession, and the entire' chain of title appears upon the records
in the Morris country Clerk's Office, dorm to and including the deed
to Mr. King. I am aware of ,o ourae that the Bast Jeraet Propriet¬
ors claim the logan title is hot good as against- them. This claim
of theirs is disputed by ‘Mr. Kin*' and by the several other parties
Who olaim under the logan -patent. But (not to go at this time
into the question of the record title ) it is capable of easy proof
that tho whole of Mr, King’s land has been held in posession by him
and those under whom he claims title for at least fifty years now
last past. The greater part of |his land is how fenced in and
occupied for farming purposes. Another part is not at present
enclosed by boundary fence's, but this part also was fenced for
thirty years or more,, and until a few years ago, so that Mr, King's
poaepBory title to his whole tract is as we think 'Unassailable .
Mr, King trusts that you will not seek to’ claim "any title in
opposition to'4hio, aaffcis would only necessitate a litigation to
establish hie title, which haB now remained unquestioned for 175
years.-' And I have to request that Jjefoire you complete your in¬
tended purchase from the Bast jersey1 proprietors you win satisfy
youraoif that
tho lines of
Wil?. you
no part of the laijda
Mr. King’s 'deed,
kindly favor me with
you seek to acquire
a reply, and oblige
ore
Yours, &e.,
(Signed )
Mahlon Pitney.
- jtotfii hs, li&'i.
Edison Phonograph Works-,.
Hr. Henry C. Ware,
Orang«i ft. 4.
Dear Sir:-
yfbo h>aio%itog ljk dl' it tibltjamo tie Bsagof ra'0*d.
.from Major 3>stOu *-»-day in -to air., ihtjuiry oonodhning
ire removal of %W5£piii£ foy ’tlfe S?o# COmpiiWS-
3d .^R ^ M' the
4^JJJ ydili^r 'it, t*n>rtnflp Hi
% a fin -ffe# <^4si*r?' ’ Bo*
fW '&%&& '#&? m *• 0 Maoi
# i» .^; fitwfr-to W>* ‘db»**MsW>*
<m}Y >
$*%■»?» ft * p#***,**! ?
34. assi.
^aPa* Tfcterhotzaa, Winterbota 4
*°* 1 *•» Cou**> ^rey St.. J^»a^3 ^
l^ttidon, W. C. Bnciajja*
Saar Si***:*
J »«E to oonftB, tte, *„»***,
Wotot, *w*Mto. ^ „„ ^ Mitttorta;_
J?9 /y. B4ippn.
Wloasa
2*>ntkm, ^prii .2*,
return deed?; *dai^r aerw»ia.
$3$1.
5? ty»P»*n9y, fiomn.* &*&»,"*•
L9tter mailed ^isow.<
*P?il 24,
Yotns
^^2
‘*S^.
■•trSfr'
-April 28, 189^,
J o h n. 0 t t ,*•
Instruct the Might Watchman that he ia to allow ’
absolutely no one iso onto** the laboratory after closing hours at
»%ht, tmltBo thoy present ar ordsar from you, Mr. Edison oi i myself,
Alfa that ahy feresich of . this rule W3111 cost him his situation.
April ?£, 1891.
Allan Danvers, Esq*,
Jianacing Director A Chief Electrician,
The Ancle- Portugese Telephone Co,, Limited,
Lisbon, Portugal.
My dear Sir,-
About tvro years ago you addressed a phonogram to
Mr. Edison, conjointly with Mr. Souz;a, and the latter's expert,
who were passing thr ouch Lisbon on their way to South America. •
It reached here in first class condition and has ‘interested a
great many people*, ooming as it did from such a distant point.
I have thought that you might be interested in learning how s\ie-
cesaful Mr. Edison Ms been with his process of reduplication,
and l have therefore fomirded to you four copies of your original
phonogmn, whioh I trust will reach your hands in safety. These
pore made yesterday after the original had been in constant use
for about nineteen months.
Yours very trply, , '
149
April 38, 1891,
Majpp £. p. Baton,
Edison Pull dip/;;, Broad fktreet,
Her/ York City.
Dear Sir:-
1 enp lose herewith answers to questions asked by the
Department State Board of ^saesaora with aspect to the Edison
Phonograph Works. I have spread these on a separate sheet, so
that you might put -them in different share on the return itself •
if you consider it desirable. The refnm should be signed, by
Mr. Irtsull as treasurer of the Works.
J wish you would kindly give me all the particulars in regard
to the increase of the Capital from $600,000.00 to $1,200,000.00.
The proper entries have not been made on the books.
In answering the question with respect to the amount of capi¬
tal invested in raahufactttring, I have entered tin full amount of
the stock that has been issued, you of course understand that a
portion of this stock was given Mr* Edison* for the right of manu¬
facture. Thp balance of the stbok which wap sold for cash, repre-
oonts straight investment. The assessed valuation of the Works
property if pot nigh, but is fully compensated for by the rate of
ym?.on Yflh*83 between ep4 3# of tty fin punt assessed,
youjjs yam truly, 1
I enclose herev/ith letter from Hr. W. S.
Mallory, in oomeotion with which I wired yon this norning
follows
"Walter Mallory writes that lie lias offer to Blake
sale of his Chicago hhsihess to advantage. Is
inclined to sell, provided results with Ogden
ore warrant his going ahead in Michigan. He
mat announce decision to-morrow. Wire him di¬
rect No. 7 Wedt Randolph Street', Chicago. A. 0.
Yours vary truly,
Thomas A* Edison, Esc*,
N, J. & Pa. Concentrating Works,
Ogdenshurg, H.< J.
Har'knaaa Fire Extin/juisher Co.,
Wo. 77 Y/est Houston Street,
May 1, 1391.
New York City.
Dear Sirs:-
Hep lying to your letter of yesterday's date, the
small room which your Inspector refers to, is in a comer of the
Laboratory Lecture Room, inane diately over the Library. It was
constructed merely for temporary use. As explained to your
representative, we will have the roof removed from this apartment,
whan the sprinkler above it will, I assume', afford anple protection
against fir*, The matter will receive imnediate attention.
Trusting that this will be satisfactory
I am, yours very truly,
Adolph Halvoraen, Esq,,
Bergen, Norway <
April 24, 1891.
lily dear 8ir:-
I have received through Messrs. W, Iff. Nurlbut & Co.,
of New York, your esteemed conmunioation of 8th instant, in which
.you inform me that, together with your associates, you have de¬
cided to call your new steamer, at present in process of con¬
struction, the "EDISON, " after myself, and asking pjy sanction
thereto.
I give my consent to this with pleasure, appreciating a3 1
do the compliment to nyself embodied in such action and the mo¬
tives Which prompted it, and tended to yourself and associates
my sincere "thanks foT the kind expressions contained in your •
letter, together with ny bdat wishes for the success uf the.
*jSdlson,'
Yours Very truly,
* May 1, 1891.
smel Bjaiai, 2nd Vice-President,
® d 1 B ° n « 0 » ‘ 1. B 1 9 C t * i o 0 0#>
•New York city .
My dear instill, -
Referring io the attached, I have always in-
*’"*«*’■ • r*«tical , think the
"1*<" «o»PW «.«ld „« him., 0h,ek r„ mw ao,_
*“*' Shore u. no reason ln aoinij „ the?r aiotttd join «iu
tonlu pv ofer to hove them make tho present on their on
aocount. Mease return Ur. Sm„.a uttm mi M m ^ ^
Yours very truly.,*.
Hay 1, 1891'<
Seunuol Insull , Esq . 2nd Vice-President,
Edison 0- e n » l. Electric Co.,
New York City .
tty dear Insull,-
Jn reference to your letter of 35th ultimo,
m regard to Welding, it is no trouble using an ordinary low
volt dynamo to do this, work, but I have not given it any par¬
ticular attention, because I consider it "small fry" business.
Even under the voiy test auspices it has not proved to be much
of a success.
Yours very truly,
■ ' — >
'Oft/S-* 'CL.
M«r 1, 18$X,
Ma^or S. B. Eaton,
#120 Broadway,
New York city.
Bear $ir:-
ttv. Edison has read yowl latter of 24th Ultimo in
re^ajrti to the transfer of (UenraOnt tb Mrs. Edison. Ad soon as
-thi3 Matter is entirely ^bomplatod, Mr. Alison Wants all the papers
connected with (i.t, such as deeds, insurance policies etc., put
together, to hand to Mrs. Edison, who desires to keep them in her
own safe.
Yours very tjiudy,
' * w_
Soci^'fcai’y *
u.
Mar 1891.
My dear Mr. Adams, -
I have received your kind invitation for
dinner at eight o'clock Thursday, 7th infant, to meet Colonel
Theodore Turret t ini. _ I am coins away during the early part of
the week, but eacpect to be back by Wednesday, and if J pan pos¬
sibly arrange niy affairs it will give me Cr£at pleasure to take
ad van t a^e of your kind invitation, ■ I will lot you know deficit -
ly not later than Wednesday.
yoitre very truly,
.. , „ •**•* ■ r?
Edward D. Adams, Esq.,
#455 Madison Avenue,
New York,
o% . £(j? a/t, .
/vi
jaaJ^AJL/ :
. aa, AA^AUy>v<tAt^AjOd yb-t
~~K <wtp
fl/VU ^lAs8-''{-~ Aaaj f ,
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(WAMXA-J ^ J^WL/X^ -^CoUa^
h\. &LAA-4* @/
fo-^JLA'L; (H^lA^s ydjLAA^-' - '
a/a^€/' M'n.A '^6
*o) ^-.aA/vu • &f^>
<~t fg-v^- AmMjAjm &MAL'^/ri*A-t-'
*~ybi-AL'& -wsu yyH^v O^t K^a/farr^
* CAajla) 'frh?is4 yi/£ AmXL>
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w . - a^c/Qa jz^lo
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\
flay' 4, 189-i.
Samuel IrtaWil , Kail.,
YbrK oitjf .
tfeai* Sir!-
t send ytiu herewith two statement* Of acoottn* afidin&-t
the' Sdioon 'PhOtiogjhaph Soy Mffi. Co., which are identified by the
latter A ttncl 6, hunting respectively to ^.O^S.SO, ana §g,55&.
13. a total of $03,, 65?. ©3.
lx), regard to statement K, Cost of Manufacture shown $3 &M&,
55, da a ledger debit against labor and material, and at tit* sole¬
ly to tl.-e manufacture of the various parts' of the <1011. it in- ■
Olndes labor and mate-rial for 10,000 movements and bodies de¬
livered -and billed. gelded to this are general atoned, depreai'*-
ation and profit, which shows that the coat of manufacture for the
whole period during which we operated under orders from the Toy
Company was $6 «, 430.66-. Of this amount we liave rendered a bill
i'or $Pr9P?.*0O-t leaving a balance due for undellyared Completed
P^rts and parte in various stages of manufacture, of $4t,ti87.66.
#9 km in our Store Room certain raw material
Which IWpiaae.d allusively fop doll manufacture. % imp
%hia WrtWt'W W ^WW at tho price 0am %n the
inyentery 0 the
3* *• -2- itesr 4, 1891.
a^Ul^WS, hw total coat of special tool’s an Bhov/n in the
ledger, id $25,957.68.
t
j&S&S HBK&RRBllt'^RonUl of Y/ax building and Do 11
building oxple.ih ihowselvna. Under the two last heacto the Toy
Company hao bean Charged simply t'o r tho apace oocupied, and 1
have brought the account tip to May i, 1R91, for the reason that
notwithstanding the attUohmanf. Upon their goods, ws have never
accepted these in lielt of cash. We simply retain them as 4<&V
lateral Security and the Toy Company is liable for rental while
they are in our pouaeasion, the same as though t hay did not te cli¬
nically belong to the Sheriff. Statement B shows a? balance
dbe oh bills rendered $8, $&&.!».
In discussing the question of settlement oh compromise' with
the Toy Company , I assume it to bo their intention to remino martn*
facturs and to adopt the neWnofl^i, Proceeding on tinoe lines 1
would suggest first 'in regard to
P B P ? I T
The amount of profit to which wa are entitled on the whole business
(% w'pji ineltiding bills rendered) is $10,BB0.11. 1 think we
ongljt to naive this 'amount.
MTiUUAh. All this, with the adaption of material repress#*
ting a value Of 93, would be available for (Manufacture of .
itfe npw ropdel, can therofor© make art allowance on this item
of |5,^7,8P.
& L ,
May 4, 1891.
inWory motion of 4M*« tools i8 M •
raiSGTO.i
tfoold aij&vtdoriett Vith Olti fadiW.i*ifcii«.»^'fcii4ifevJ»6e.^
JooW ^Wikbw jfc, nCvH^l— <1/ |S £
Sov.fll liiveHtkry vdltot ,l6h Of all tools- 4w! 149; 34,“^
Oust ’as pfeP ludftor-'
.2a.93ft.c8 .
wxceds of iedgd* coci Over inventory)
v&lUatibn. 1 j $ G , 80S . 34
*a can of course allow the item, Tool,, available for ««* ««Wi
o 6,890-. S a
And oa your purpose is conciliatory I would in
Consideration of all the Ciromstancea, alloys the
difference )»tiVSen lodger cost and inventory1 vai«-
*1W °f ** ***— '"~ . ™™ 6,808.34
Sotal credit— . . . "?ia^78Y“
This effects a charge against tha Toy Co. of the
inventory valuation of Abandoned tools—--. _ _ 12,358.84
926,957.08
A'fflUTCgffifrt, To obtain a satisfactory settlement, I
thin)? we could well afford to dispense with these three items,
segregating; $1,978. 66. • As to bills rendered, these win. have to
etena Just as they are. The allowance aytf be made in the state-
dint of unliquidated damage- (Statemen| A). In cat tine out the
profit on all the. manufaot^o, yre of g cures practically mate an
allowance. 4,0 the extent of profit on dOlla hilled. There are no
Otl^r itoroo on si thgp hf ih«aa ^ate/nenta which to my mind wo
Chpld under any cir^numatnnqes y/s.yrqf
S’, i. 4c
To reeapitdldte
AW 4, 1891.
Of iStat.cfoent A- — >-> - §86,098.80
I sdgceat deditotiorta aa tolloW:
W63?i - -,...
Ra\r Material- -
Special 1'bols -
InttmjQt and Rental-
-$10,580.11
- 5,747.89
- 13,698.84-
-,9?8. Qfr„
Balance cine On Bills
Tot
Q. $53,093.31
Rendered- - 8.559.13
a 1 ~^61,552.44.‘
H, as I hade intimated, it ware the intention’ of the Toy
Company to resume mnufactnhe, we could, in my opinion, afford to’
accept the last named amount - that is - $61,652.44, in settlement '
of all claims. !■
Y.ours very truly,
May 4, 1891.
Major $. b. Eaton, •
Edison Building, Broad St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir':-
I return herewith letter of Mr. J. Adriance Bush
whieli accompanied your favor of 27th ultimo to Mr. Edison.
The certificate of stock for 6,100 shares of the N. A. P. Oo.
which you refer to in your letter, is stamped -Issued for
Property Purchased.-
Yours truly,
Privat e Secretary.
IVhite, Esq.,
HillG J3dg . , Rooma 18 & If),
Kev; York City.
Dear Sir:- • ,
I bec to advise yon that Mr, Edison has referred you
letter of 27th ultimo to Mr. John Muir, Manage* of .the Railway
Department, Edioon Gen'l, Electric Co., Edison Bnildine, Broad
St,, Nav/ York.
Yotas truly,
Private Secretary.
May 4, 1891.
Major S. B. Baton, •
#120 Broadway
New York City,
Dear Sir;-
I return herewith the opinion 0f .n-Chnno.llor aw
aatod 25, h ultimo, which was cnclo.ed >om of ^
instant,
-mnce.ior s opinion refers to a question of lav/,
Sb°“ M’S"h 1 *“ “* «»» ♦« .von was aw doubt. If
2** °°"1W **"* ^ *“* “ ■«« «*m. to accept •
“rV“° “ ‘ roit tm an accounting under the contract, m of
«* «-.!« i=, have they got
“ ae'“' “ ** - - *««««• «. of la*. It appear,
«1S t.»t wo lavs a oood fiohtin, c chance to prove tint they have
“ c»0h Poraon hare. X may, of course, be mistaken about thie.
In >■“»- »««. and I therefore bring
“ f0r y!™r B any evont *0 desire to ho!,
2 r“ “ Wi0n ** * - PbssibW can do so. fh.ir
” St-^4h”° “ «**-*, for settlement.
Vouro very truly, . ~W:
■■ - ■■ .
May 4, 1891.
John Muir, Eeq., Manager,
Railway Dep't., Edison Gen' 1.- Elect ric Co.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith a latter received by me from Mr.
R. T, White. I think Hr. vhiite is vary anxious to bring soma of
lois inventions to the attention of the Genemi Cranpany and tlmt
he has been unable to see the proper official, tfo is a cood mn>
aid. as he does a great deal of street oar v/ork, it might be de~ .
sirable for us to work in with him. As you Will see, his office
ia in the Mills Building, and it might be well for you to nail ahc
see him, or hen & him a note anc* have' him cotie ahd sec you. ife
has built, two or three roads I understand..
Yours very truly.
Maj' 5, 189 1.
Rioterd N. J*ar> j53(1>t
#36 Wall Street
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
„ 1 ** *° °0nfl™ * -» «o Von
L.:.r~;::;rr:r:rir
Yours truly,
Private Secretary,
: Kyi' /m xftusH
"cu
i**' ^UtAio/^^AA) Q*&ss4? .
OCjLfe'/ </Kaa7 "-*LsIjI(_ ... — ,
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'UM.6/C-- . . ,-:^-
.V JUjLAsZJJ' <Z.J-<f-L
^fUs dJULsss' "/Cy? ^QyM^-FynSJ^
f-tsrrll. ■ ?? K~7?b'' -'VL&ul's
/A- y?isuF~^^ (jh^/lSS^UL
May 6, 1S91,
?r£moic lu %Wsy, Ssq. , President,
T5io OrdneB C^oss TpW & Bloomfield ftV* Co
Orange, R« j.
I lave received your lotto, of tmtant and have
Siv.„ iu.truMion.fcr tto remove! „f t„, ,mef ran >Mch yoi<
”1" to, and the restoration of the Mac* to it, ordinal
tition. The matter rtu be attended t0 „ wiy ^aetioahie.
very truly,
■z.£s?
May 6, 18,91.
W. S. -Mallory, J3Sq.,
a/o Anderson Hotel,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
,hpar Sir:-
Vour letter of 5th in at ant was received by Mr. Edison
thi,» .aftarnpW; and X beg to confim the following telegram' which
he sent tp yeti pi reply
u?iette*' ;Juet received* I have not ©hanged ny
ad^ae pjinee first telegram. The furnace men
are taking kindly to Py© and we are shipping.
All X £aid to S warts was not to rush' ahead too
quickly . T, A. Edison.'*
Yours truly1,
Private sec'y.
/
#44 iii*oad &t., Edison HujJeUtta, Wow Ygrk City.
3?ear £ir:- '
Re Attaohaent {Suit v ibff do. iti** Sdiaon has made.
tj30 following note upon your letter Of 5th ihst&nti-
*1 fjuese we better tie it up a year if
it will only coat $3PQ. Edison.#
iquho ' veey truly*
May 6, 1891.
Sd^rM l). .^dams, flay,,
•#455 Madison Avomie,
Now York City.
Dear Slp;-
Referring to ny letter of Sntl instant, I will with
great pleasure avail itself of yoilr kind invitation to dinner at
eiGitfc o'olonk to-morrow (Thursday) evening, and will bo glad to
• May 6, 1891.
fta8ft*9. %er£ Seely,
# F? .1 1 ,
fla^Yarjc Qipjf.
Dear Sirs;-
Kth reference to your letter or 80th eatimo to (Jr.
Eaieon. i„ record to the application of John ,. l0i„hal}i
183,859,. on OomLMor. fto Electric 1»,M, sto)td, JtoaJly
rejected, (Jr. Editor ie of the opinion that it wnld to wdeeo
to prosecute the claims further.
Yours vary truly,
Way 9, 1891.
“fe' ***•• »»*"> «?■*• Nf*,*,,
returni # 35413011 ^ i,eCB1V<3d y°Ul’ *«****<#* lfl9tan*,
.W1„„ . ' . " °°"i“‘ora j^p^. ^,.
i+ v 88 tJBt ln thS °Pinion of Ml** and yWwlf
to 7 " ^ U3el6SS t0 Pr°8e0Ute +'h- CJalmS *■***> ho ^3
to -day & Sooly to that *«•„*. •
Yours trujy,
250
Vgr jS, 1891.
• MW? ra • ft fte fyy ,
jtyf? #1 a 1 % $ t r o o t ,
Neyr V«»X City.
9s 9^3?-
Mp* Wda the follow noto/^pon your
l8t^i' ^ 2Wl ^*y*’ 4n »«*« to *he appeal which .*0Qh
301Be ***» a$> from the decision of the Jjfcmincr to the ?oard of
Exwine^ i}) Ohief in Hr. Ediaop's application jfo. S45on a
process of ^netic ..potion, and in wh*eh the dcciaio* of the
Examiner yas nffiroied by the Board:
above
htf6^9 ia a ^^orencc . j&jy final product
onl, G-STi^ “
I return l»Pev*th the papers which wwmjw^>ow letter
referred to..
Yours vans' truly,
Major a. b. Raton> Ma* 7>
Edison Buiioinc, Broad stl,
Wflw York City,
Dear Sir:-
'r ioyot-
* »*». *. »*, te8 ,lready advised yw
of the no_oti ° a peri0d as pwotioabla, pendinc the eoa.pleti
Madden. ^ ^ * Mr* *th Mr.
::z^zr- ^ “• - *-
Works in r i 33 9”’ 0i PP0PeHy novr atov°* at the
or'Ist ln Paply to which I beg to submit the -following;
^ the “°°r“ °f tcyc.wm aco,p
«th l*sh,„ism. or ,, '07° "n" «»»«'
„ tte r’ ”* a"™‘ re»» id a parti
p , ^ ~ — - .
«« room M iar which „ an. ohM-ging Ul„ „ntel.
of , *lr;‘r b'“i% ,h*” ~ -o„ «. casas
" *"a "" *'iw -r <■*•*•«
S. B. E.
May 7, 1891.
Toy Company* This is the property that is covered ly the attach¬
ment above referred, to. The title to the above property rests
with the Edison Phonograph Toy Mamifac tur ing Company'.
<3) There io other property at the Works, consisting of
completed mechanisms^ and parts in various stages of manufacture,
of which delivery lias never been made, and which appears in a
statement that I have prepared and that is now in Mr. Insvtll's
hands. The claim covered by this particular statement is knov/n 1
in legal phrase as "Unliquidated Damage. "
how in re surd to whom this property belongs, you will remember
that tlie Toy Company's contract for manufacture was made Y/i'th Mr.
Edison personally, and subsequently was assigned by Mr. Edison to
the Edison Phonograph Works. The Toy Company have never directly
participated in this assignment. They may be comitt ed to it by
implication. Such evidence Yfould.be furnished by the correspon¬
dence that passed between the Toy Company, the Works and .Mr.
Edison, all of which I turned over to Mr. Lewis. It is my im¬
pression that Mr. Lewis and Mr. Stevenson decided that the title
to this property rested with the Phonograph Works, but of this I
am not absolutely sure. We liave taken no action against the Toy
• Company v/ith respect to unliquidated damage, 0ur claim against
•them oovered by attachment being for the balance due on bills
ren4ered for goods delivered. At the time this question of title
was under discussion you may recollect ny suggestion that Mr,
Eclison and the Works should vest in a third party su<Jh interest as
26o
i
S. 45^ Tt. _‘3_
aitlwr or both of them jnicht lave in the
tracts in order to frustrate any move on
v/ith respect to the question of title.
Yours very truly,
May r/th, 1891.
property tinder the oon-
tho pat’t of tlie Toy Oo.
Private Secretary.
272
T. E» Taltavall, Ps<u>
THE ElSpttiUC AGP,
Nov; York City .
May 7, 1891.
Dear Mr. Taltavall,-
Eeplying to your letter of 5th instant, the
name of Mr, Edison' s residence in Llewellyn Park, is "GLENMOMT. "
There is no dynamo on the premises, the current for lighting the
lamps, of which there are 500, being supplied from the Laboratory.
The grounds embrace about fifteen aore3.
Yours very truly,
Private Secretary,
277
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May 11, 1891',
?• S. Perry, Esq., Treasurer,
He w Jersey & pom*a, Concentrating Works,
Edison Building;, Broad St., New York City.
9
Dear Sir:-
We begj to confim the following: message telephoned t
yon to-day:- ’ *
. *(?he following telegram has just been received
from Georgy Richards, Dover, Now Jersay; '■Hope
Mr.- Perry will be "able to see me to-morrow (Tuesday),
aa I will have- important engagement for Wednesday
. and Thursday. Geo. Richards,"
above telegram was addressed to Mr. pdison.
Yours very truly,
EPISOM LABORATORY
May 11, 1891.
Morgan, Esq., ’
d/o How Haven aiook Company,
i'law Jluvon, Com.
Bear Sir:-
». Miaoo is in receipt of a letter dated April gstl
f~» Uv. H. g. Salter, of the national Siena Company, london,
a-sland, mneeti,*, inflation in reBard to the loom sto»Be
Sattani, and «*«, ttet the reply he cent to yon, ao that yon
conic, ooicmunicete pith Mr. Salter hy o,hle, ahonld yon dean it
naoaaaaryo . •
Sdiaon has aaked me to eay ' in reply to Mr. Walter's
****** that he ia not using and never has used any of Mr. logan'a
battaniee. He ia therefore unable to give any info ration eon-
°^iMe tlWm: • IVlma inte**<* at one time to erect a plant of
thestf bhtterioa *t the Wctoff, W i, arranged naa never
carried out. Comeqnenfcly Mr. Edison Mows nothing as to the
warlto pf the Cell. " .
Yours very truly,
May* 18, 1891*
"William I?, Curtis, Plsq*,
Bureau of the American Republics,
Bep't. of State, Washington, D. 0.
Bear J3ir:-
Vith reference to your letter of 1st instant, aa Mr.
Edison had no k^ovrlodg0 °f the request of His Excellency, the
President of Chili, for a phonograph, he referred your communi¬
cation to the 3?/<lison United Phonograph Company, Hew York, the
Company controlling the inst runeirfc ha Chili, and through whioh
a phonograph for use ha that country could only be obtained. Mr.
Edison is now in receipt of a communication from the United Compare'
to the effect that they have no knowledge of His Excellency's
rdquost, and asking for additional informt ion on. the subject.
Mr; Edison would be pleased to hoar fram'ycu ihrther in regard to
the matter.
..Private Secretary.
Yours very truly,
May 16 th, 1891.
John K»,
*l««rlo oon^w,
Sahem<jtady,
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Kdison .
i«l „ ■ , ' B"pl0‘ « to.uu.lng rtotor.
iai., of which ypur #2 socket.-
catad i °r 08 ^ reBd0‘ t0 ^0 Avid
cated or improved upon. I have bee.. wnr>. ,
' %inS on the material and
have several compounds, which, X think
’ anewer, but in order
to test the materials completely would like t
, * aould some of the
washers or base, fro» oaoh watorlal. 0sn yoa h„„( „
Ornish me with one
f the moulds or dies %ich you use for this purpos
1 Also if you
n «i« » an l.oa « the In whloh yon naad.th-u praotlo,
1. .111 greatly Ualljt.t. my .ork, as I .an ^ mur_
lal to tho prooess at moulding no. naod, without raqulriog
of apparatus. '
Ypura vary truly,
353
1(5, 1^91.
H r. X 4t n n e 1 1 y
fy representative of the American V/atoh-
HU^^id* Company Polled on n» in New York on Thursday .last, arid
regret that we were wt nsi^ their system,
v/^ifh wfoimiy VP O^loyod at the ^abo^^y. j understand that
on e lop trip ItyJjt m-fwM with the wires Nadine to the indi-
eator and fused th®, and that the break was never repaired. The
Vateh Co. say that they wi;u Go to pp pxppnfy t« jpnt the system
’fl 'iiW,T’£h W°mnc 0rder fw "3» Do it d^ft^e
fer :--s to have, this done?
0 /6 ™ S<F?X
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M? Jfeto farimt. to fa* ff Udsfi py#r
0 #¥# 4$ttfV .#&*# w #*« 3Wiff*n.
j?rjv*t« Secretary*
, /
to *6 ft
& ft#
tetaWity! Wt #*&MgSment we are Jiist eomplet ivg
*& *M> & Mtiftffytt HtMp Springs tract, I beg to say
to fla-Ht at an early day for acquiring
Vfo&typ M to it&s frights together with ah
**4*$ Meta 'of land in that
i p m f*m ^position,
m that, Mt yffivm# % hw&mdmi*k' k
WWW at your mee t in poqfflfjtfy ift*&
fimaanittos to receive from me «# frmHlWfy to i fw
***«» before your wxt meeting* a# ^ tity fWftjXhW*
aa you may see fit to give the 3aid Cocjrqi&i^*
Hoping it will be agreeable to you to authorise y<ptf
tive C&imitt.ae to deal with me, aa above suggested* I remain
Very truly yours.
^Z^ffijcMAAA. SlM
May MH.h, 1801
H. M. livor, Esqt,
Now Jersey & Pa. Concentrating: Wftrks,
Ogodns'bhrgh,
I bog to confirm- the- following telegram aent you to-
. "Work begun on screws this morning
expoct to express Thursday. letter
hot yet received. . ' jj, y/,.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) 15. W., THOMAS.
May 19, 189;
Major S. B. Eaton,
Edison Building Broad St.,
Wow York City.
D»ar Sir:-
I encaoso herewith for you* infarction ooW 0* *
1S“" “i0h Mr> Mla“ — M« to «. B„,« ol
Props- „ tors of t.l» Boston, Division of Hs» J.ra.y ana *hiilh
* **•“ - *• Goodrich, the Snrvefor of w
*" ^ - «» *onrd tholr
to-day.
Yonrci very truly.
COPY.
B.
Orance, N. J, May 18th, 1891.
To the Board of Proprietors
of tho Eastern Division of How Jersey.
Contlomen,-
Sinco writing my letter this morning I have received
further information recording the land of the Logan' Tract and have
decided to make you the following offer, viz.
1 will pay you ten dollars per acre for the mineral right
for an additional thirty acres, extending ten chains to the south
west of the tract already purchased by mo, and being thirty chains
in width as shown in sketch below, together with tho right to
purchase the full title for an additional fifteen dollars per aero
one year from roeoipt of deed.
Yours very truly,
M.
( Signed )
Thomas A. Kdii
399
May 19, 1891.
% dear Lowroy , -
You* latter of 16th instant,- dated at Pocantico.
mU*' ”* Y*‘ i8 at hand* I «11 attend the hearing of the
fta8S in Now York on Monday next, 25th instant.
Yours very truly.
Grosvenor P» Lowrey, Esq.,
‘#15 Broad. St root,
New York City.
tmasEg&SsJfii „ H ‘ '* » -"'I * .
19th May, 1891
William E. Curtis,, Esq.,
Bureau of the American Republic^
Dep't. of state, Washington, D. c.
Mr. Sdison i, „„„ ^ ^ ^
” r%*-di'* ~ «.***«* to Chili.
y “ "" miu Uea- ti» **?»«.. oo„t.in.a in
„to *; “ " h*a “ - - *«"— t» to toiled t0
.. ^ Mr.Bdieonhad, ao.,od,M
-»M» to . B.ono^d tor th. or
^tod.t.todtoroortottoroortoot,. *e
, m. of «„ Mioon tt.it* Phono**,* *ww, Vo«
‘M 1 “ *» «”» comountoation no. under
da“T’ **“ *- "f «* oannonicate .ton w
1 ^ “ *““* “* tt. oftoototo or toe Company
Lilian E. Ou:ni8, Esq,
19tli Hay, 189a.
“ CM1J — -a •» <U. to |
^™„toS8_WBtalmibroTOrtti>tte |
mhrw ro,la“‘ “—*i* ^ t
hyQtt u®°n this subject. ' |
. Your a very truly.
Private
Secretary,
May 19, 1891.
M» D« Barr, Esq., District Manager,
Edison Gen'l. Electric Comparv,
Toronto, Canada."
Dear Sir!-
The storage battery referred to in your letter of 8th
instant has been received at the Laboratory, also copy of the
Canadian specification on sans. Mr. Insull .has also communi¬
cated with us in regard to this battery, which will be subjected
to a thorough test, and the result made known to y ou.
I note tint there are no diagrams included with the papers
which you sent, us concerning this battery. The specification
seems to bo an imperfect translation of a French patent. Vo
would, be in a position to make a more fair test if you could lend
us the full Franoh patent, with drawings, or an exact copy of the
sane. We would take good care, of these and return them to ycu
imnediately the test was completed. Please . advise us if you can
Yours truly,
Edison United Phonograph Compary ,
Mil'll, B u i 1 d i n g ,
M«JW York City.
19th ? !;ay * 1891.
Dear Sirs:- >
I enclose herewith another letter received by Mr«
Edison fsrcn William E. Curtis, Esq., of the Bureau 03? Arne id can
Republica, regarding the shipment of a phonograph to Chili, to¬
gether with copy- of r.y reply to same. You will see that the
phonograph to which iif. Curtis referred in his letter of 1st
instant is tJ a one that was promised some time ago to the Uni¬
versity of Chili , about which we have had some correspondence.
It seems that the President of Chili is desirous or receiving from
Secretary Blairs a phonographic message when the machine in ques¬
tion is- shipped, and Mr. Curtis asks how this could he arranged.
Will you kill idly corroiuni.cate direct with Mr. Curtis', and very much
oblige
Yours truly, ■ />/
Private Secretary.
Way 20, 1SS1.
•>»* suvS pr“;i*,'“‘«
pS
sva*,
?ss;^tK
tions to advise, you this morning * ai?* ? f°V1ra*'a®d Mm inst mo-
as one of the most important parts of hS »Lv trip WW) int®«iiptod>
of ttea telephone batLSidtfeiSt iStlono^ ^ int™«*0ti0n}
felsphone Exchanges at w4&w2to2£ • L. * i" th9
*» soi ns to malic these Jars in a dSIiS* Th®, manufacturers
the sidaa of the jar win ha r-ihhas- '^rf.nt way » +,l!at is to say,
grooves thus formal the ?i2S ?? pamtion let into the
will overcome the difficulty nhanii scaled. This we believe
to cow over am see vou to ^ ^ 1 ^ told Gladstone
Give you full, info rim tion^ aslc «k!i 'tha ba*t85|V business and
leave New York* \*8 1 Bhai:i probably not be able to
behind on business ^Thaw*^ Randcflph if we wore not running
tiring, to obtai?gfor„VtS of\nMrPJhe *?#*'** to *«£*
boo>as, as the record which is kert th..^^0*95" frQn tiie haborato^
state of the business. not »t all show the
forging ahead, and ToLiaeliT +Z behind, ,but are
the money we have been obSel t o s»r^b<l9S that *° ^ve liad and,
condition is fa? W msaftfsfaoto^ ^ correcting them,- our
ara about §1800 '• in' excess „5' ^ accounts receivable
»»»« w 4S £S£.T "tavf™hi.*; >*“r of «*•"
books and we rrake otir col last inm, ? hava «° bad debts on dur
In a new business where\0 • . prompWy 38 feasibly can.
ww cannot bring as much T^'1*8 t0 ha do"®
rW.YUW
having*™8 paoi>"e "nd w® never open a. new account without
® ,,u0 ,!’61?®t 0,1 th'J financial responsibility of tha onsto-
S‘w T'wl# ,r“ H* Buraian & co?3- 1« H«*?ork,
• repri!!teta+"U' 'vm? Wlth Al*xM'.der, Barney & Chapin, another
1 1 ' h0128 e> »ho will bardie our coo els. In
ns a^aS “Sow 7fresentcd «V Walker * Kepler, vho have given
eaav» as SJSi? the prln01Pal afreet for » display, the
irSy^nSSSJ 3nd Whw 31,0 'PU3hi^ :ialaa vifbrouaiy. It
* *° havo ona representative firm in /very larre
2*i T°V3 Su%SZZ. °*ZZ
n°l f? T ?otlO0ab;ie an,0,m'fc «f -..railway telegniph work until we
h afoSx!01!1 i1?1011* and 1 df? «<* think it /ill be very long.
J f,ltlth* stan,P of WProval on our/bat teiy. They haw
thtm lllini l^?dPWi. 09110 in service at Buffalo, and if these give
! ® !*aotJfn.‘ at Wl11 mke ® work elsewhere easy, but we
have sot to wait for the result of this tea/. . It is simply a waste
of time and money to send cun around tho country on railway work
yhen.y/s can do the whole business right in Mew York, or at least
the -most important part of it. At present the Western Union will
not honor requisitions from Railway Superintendents of Telegraph
lor our battery* As scon as -they "are willing to supply them, we
will take care at th» other end. . ’
kz£r? +r,hs Sdia£>n Gen/fr Electric Go .are opening Supply
-tores in all the principal cities in Canada, from the Atlantio
seaboard, to Winnipeg. We ere arranging with them to carry in each
Oj. ohese atorea a stock .of our batteries, which will cover that
*“ *UI a» 011 »“•
Bdison General Coropary . . . ■
SOUTH AMERICA AMD WBST HTOB83i We have placed this business in
tlie nanto 'of, tho R« S... Greeley and Co. They have several agents
who travel through these countries, and these men will £ake ou£
ba^e^ apart of their equipment. Our Spanish catalogue has just
beaa completed, and Greeley states that we can undoubtedly do a .
very ^ large 'business... I considered it better to place the whole
o t ns .rads an the tends of a responsible concern like Greeley's
and 3bV* with, them whereby., we are paid. on the 15th .
of each moi^h for -all our shipments whether they have made the-ir
collection or not. Thus ire can, ha ye. no bad debts.
v°WJ!rtn recollect that soma, weeks ago we made
two yi opuc-,.'.on3 to the people who hold the .LalanOe patents for
Great on tain, one of which contemplated oni* making sales in tint
this, information to place baf < 5e Ms Boarfi stat0d t}at ha required
he received our letter he h^t o • Jail f hL ,, p™8Ume ttet after
counts for the delay of the renlv +«\ b 81d }!ls«ting, which ac~ '
8 rePiJ' to our communicat ion, j
400
♦‘■V* «?» -win** of- »uii« o»p u*»,
“ t,na English Company or through our agent,, DYKR,
» * .sssih srPs.'* aou «*" ***•?*- *>
prtaS StS^XiSis; a,“ ^ *■*
• •J**r is »«G*ti!*tinc with the Chief of the Belgian Telerrapha
Sae JoreLTlT ^ Wl1U ?e abls to a bawS^hS^*
+ V-,1 f ^ sal®s when ha locates in London. Kb ia to ba
™ hia return in the e1w* of a ,,eok
riant aryi'f ^ pi?aotloai;iy tIia business centra of the o'onf-
S£ r a ,»Sf teim“ to * ■’*• “’™ •» ~»M>°
ToTlr-fe + ?rrt* ^ * ,0an 'J-earn .°n the subject I believe it is
tW° ,nonth? 01; to run through our stock of wax
♦••*• l>~w ~!ah0 and put. it. in shape for aliippingi I have not its «rt
’m re“lvo “•>» ««*®*S££Si
aT it ir^S t)-lJ r.vS rae+e Capa0ity» and ^ve them credits
as xx used, t)*t we *111 not issue immediate credits for scrap.
Youra truly,
tOtcuu Suu
Mto /Zhtd&Aj
07 /tturadC Mild
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, fo* titlAni <UacC ^ Jc J„d, <uu*v*witHy J aa,M> S<VO*
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t have your latter in »a<jM*d ta
fstm «»n yo».t Qft# p# fitt idea aa to hpw waW j*»tihda of aorap wax
■flfwu «» ruonflfjwj^.ffdrua ta com &%aw a* s*lw bate) w in-
U'X'Mon in to m M<sh se *» tfofttfeniantly o*h there oqtl iaaua
tsz'065 ft« to it #§ ft w h*e&t I Want to Obtain aoa* iflta of our.
sto.rn#'/ eapao%r* *0 tint *hth hM^fcW’1' th* Efliaop Phonograph
ywiv. nan ip tfcox* the n> t,i+4ri*i Vhmn^ypB*
tfmm i iwir twtov
Jtyivatr 8acnitf«y*
?,Otfc May, 1891,
Alerter 'BlHott, Jr,,.Es<j», •
•• <i o h r a n H o u a o ,
Newton, N« J.
Dear Sir:-
Your 1 attar of l?th in^Attt is! at WtL, «hd t MU
noted contents of same.
You.,may close With Pafr&M Wp t kHll({ & lltfrM fefMAi# Cpi4o«; to-
purchase tha majority of the atodc of the {jWfpi* Wn
Tifei oil owns tha Bavehpon Mjbfe,. -at fffc? ^ .
aarrnot got it *i $5»0QQ, Yob ha# ty»ttf»if ff*f $mm the Pthtfa
and ask them if tipy win hot come in j&t tha earns price.
Say to the Crane Iron people that w* have been prospecting
on the Egbert Church mine, but had to take the nn surety to pros¬
pect another mine; he will soon" return hows veer; the rock is vary
much dietrrabed and we were v-eiy much f-ut out by the formation at
Egbert Church,
In regard to the Hi It a mine, see what kind, of m option yon
can get — how much money they want ibr the right to purchase -it
within 18 months, and «iao what is the minimum amount for whs. ah
they would lease it.
Alex. Elliott, iTr»
26th May, 1891.
You m ay close -the Howell and Split Rook mines »
How about the Cobb Mina? *
You need not bother' about the Pike’e Peak Mine, as ne find
nothing there •
You speak about the Ogden Mine search. Do not forgot that
we lave the couple te search of title here in the hands of Mr.
Lehman* Please see him. I think the only search you should make
ia to see that there is nothing on record about bonds or judgments
against the Company or any contracts obligating the Ogden Co« to
any particular thing. Mr. Roed has turned over all the documents
and searches relating to Ogden to Mr. Lehman and they are here at
your disposal. Our search on all the titles of property in con¬
nection with our surveys at Ogden was made by Read, I think.
Mr. Lehman has surveyed Seward, and it does not amount to
very ranch. If ho does- not cone down to * reasonable sum, 1 do
not think we shall want it very badly. However if you can get a
decs}* arrangement with him we had better take it, as it makes the
whole thing continuous.
T-Wi Ii«^ca»-wp- »»»■ cole amNwy ‘mid1 tfgsrtr it -anmmU ttr-wwy-
^r,g. \jL Cole (,vfl| vwfc, -4 Attoliw* {'*•» **
You soy 'Please write Mr. Per# a letter About inoreaaine my
salary.8 You have made a mistake in regard to this. 1 did not
make any arrangement about greasing y^fur salary. The arrange*
ment was that you get the same Salary M yon are getting now, but
Alexander Elliott, ffr, ' tty SO, *881,
$15,00 a day, whi^p wording, eftd expense*, you to hire the man on
jiwt what teams n* Y<xx please. AH that we want is that he shonia
be a good active man*
Regarding yottr letter also of 19th instant, informing me of
Z^^icht' T10w I,ratty **11 convinced that
the Wright and Welling properties are of no valtttf to w. *0 I
a^1S! ^t^°V°ifete Hr> ***■&* tlalt **4 proposition is
not acceptable to tesj then, let the matter drop until suph time
aa lie feels inclined to 6m& to our tonne.
tfoxm very truly.
414
May 20,
Th* O^ttnee Cltfb,
Z*PP9{L* tifofl't Tpe tum***
#%> **fy(P«o% St,, Bnst orarttfe, ». J,
Dos** Sir:-
1 enclose Nroviih tyr. Ediaon'e ehOofc to the ordor of
tfia Oran co CWb, for $85.00, inpayment of SOj^ of hi* mibaoription
to the bondo of your CJttb, i^a«* of Fob, 2nd, }89l, in aCoordonoo
with your oircm^or i«rtt»r of eth instant* noaae aotaowledc®
receipt.
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.ppiv^ta Snepotapy,
May 22, 1891,
Senor Pedro a'rujiiio,
° £C o t a 9 Colombia*
Mr. F, S. Hastings, of the Edison Electric Light'
ConW, Mew Yo*# has Mnt to me a copy of your, letter to 'him
M6P d8tS' ito°h 1$'ih la8t* reference to the^emark «*, •
—l.iea tterem to tie effect that you haa hoped to receive- lot, tars
“i@s faUt mr* ''-aaPP°interl, 1 Should like very much to Jaw
upon whitt you bsseo this expectation, aa 1 have no recollection
of over having been favored with any cprreepondence frbra yeiiraelf.
Had I received any connunioationp fror. y on, 'rest a csu.rM »* «**»«
sivj that l a houlfi have teen only too glad to have acknowledged
promptly their, receipt.
I note J* your letter that you are desirous of obtaining a .
portrait of Mr* Edison, together with acme printed matter relating
to ms work, and it- gives ins a great deal of pleasure to gratify
.ti)"3 wish, x am sending fcoiyou by tliia mail, under separate
cover a photograph of Mr. Edison, upon which I- have had him plaoe
hie autograph, and I beg that yen will accept the same with Mr,
compliments. ag fta w own. J- am also sending to y
SSw&r PadrO Truj-iUo.
“ • “ay 8a, 1891,
"A “rtIm®M3l>B M Uvttor WU1
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or «,• * bM,f °* “°h “ “* to"rt* H*. U» »«l
Which I truat you will f in* ifct«wtli*.
I note all you oay about OW friend Mc<* dwa», whoae
-« « w w ** i jMMlwa„. ,
aM™ ,ta* “r- *i. UhU
rou make in your latte* in thia ejection. " *
With beat wishes, believe m
3fotn<8 -Very truly.
May 26, 1891.
Edison Building, Broad Street*
Naw York City.
Dear Sir:~
With reference to your letter of aist inet ant,, asking
if Mr. Edison would consent to the rti'tMni^ of Hirdm S. M^i*,
to testify in our behalf, 1 ** *„ confirm ^naee which **’*
telephoned, to you from thin effU* t*** In repir to your in¬
quiry, to the effect that Mr. Edx**n ****** your ^in±hg
Maxim.
Y6hnw ^ruly.
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May 27, 1891.
Alexander Elliott, Jr«, Esq.*
Cochran K d ti fi e ,
Netton, M. J«
Dear Sir:~
Your letter of 26th instant is at hand.
You may close with Wright at 25 and 5, and five hundred
dollars.—
Leave the- description of the property at Ogden blank.
I return herewith Wright '3 letter ai requested.
Yours truly.
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27th May . 1893=.
i B» Paine, Esq.,, District Manager*
E d 'i s o n Q e n ' 'I. B 1 e° a t r i o 0 <
B os't p n , Mass.
Sear Sir !r T
Your letter <!|f' 20th instant' reach'd m " in flue course,
arid I ehoiose herewith Copy of" a letted which I haveto-day- adr
dressed to'Dr. doit, whtioh I Kopt will have the dpljired effect.
In ease yon succeed in1 obtaining. this Contract, please'tako pains
to see that St. Paul’s1 School is furnished ’tit ha first oIssb
•plant - one tb&t 'will IgiW entire satisfaction.
Yours vasir truly .
27 th May, 1891.
Jbbtjo Milnttr Co it,
St' P««l!»
CONCORD, Nftw HaWp^ire.
My dear §iy,-
Mr* S* 5* tha 'Mwa^er ^ y,Q ^ Engine-
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w* h %iaorjrt J5sqj#j
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Chicago, in*,
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P^iwafte Seowtaiy*
27th May, ia®i.
Jobss Selignan, Esq**
Mi 1 1 a Building,,
New York city .
My dear Sir!-
I enclose diWow iih a letfW *IllUh 1 haw received
from Prof*.. Barker,, of thii University of Patfajoylvania, relative to
furnishing Prof*. Hermanw, of KonigsbOifc Unit ferity, wtih a phono-
graph, for use in oomedtion with the -sttf^llifie investigation
tl» mechanism of speech., You will so 6 by }'|L>f * Barker's Utt«»
that tlie Trustees of the Elizabeth Thbmpsoii Bbionce Fund, of tliitfh
.Professor Bowd'itoh, of the Harvard Medical LhOel, is fredidendlj
and- circular in regard to whfch iaalac Onc&o soft; >ve *W '&«&*>
ri'zed to expend three ;^nndfed dollars to at* Prt*f*Jfeltmann «» <lftpry
out his plans , and' tha,t as' much of this tttup) m my be nSoaeestY is
available for the pure .base of & phoftOgrepfc* t $SLhk it* cdttti
afford to let these people have one of the heir phonographs fer-
^i50*t Th«' instrument;, ae you will dies* iff to b$ Led fiddly ifty)
scientific research. If yOn nigra 0 With pat- plead* let M know
at' once,., so that I cdp conntuhio4id: with -fiarkfr** and inform
hita that urc will furri|iah a phOnbgfflph at half tWO** rthftfa
the- correspondence w^tWyour rbply.
Youry VOfy tljrcOy*
Mr/
•Airtwj
.♦ nfe.ren<
tiaon-iai-an,
•ifcaih,
.encloea herewith copie3
vlr* ■•SdiaojKQ.vH
l» E%aanfl.
this sit-bi
'any «dare sutad to
scY-at:
toon ..J-afeTved'
'.vei'or-H,
Oi’tmf’i
l: . •'aq,f secretary,
i ’.leoovcry & fighting co, yrd..
nor cat 9 ft, >Bd03t, T.n'ir^'M; V; -i^V- ■
X boR Ao -acknOKledgp the receipt of . your l.o of
i- •• to* j.alantlo^oh'aperch i'K't pnto, ”r :••.'■• tie or ns
■ -:?rB >4 ...a.lavnfq and,. Chaperon I an wwv.iV.Miti> ring Ufcene 1 ■. v
•'or Bale -in t*ho tln'i'tod States "and other countries •••■•*; • ■■■> 1
! " if. a roasbmb >.o working ari*angomtoit.i noluld bo a-.i;ie p -r. -
• T'her: • to be planed; on sale in that part of i~r eat >.*<ita • ■ b
L-= so /.fcroxaed .by yc,ur. Coiiipany, I do not desire' -to pure In'- t title
to theoo patstUu. 'bu't 'f' arr: '^ ! :i ;g '4o" .1 fair royalty
■ ’.e within your territory, i^Bdoli an arrangemelnt >ka this i
not bo iiiru-nfactory to .your Company, perhaps- an/.fifriranjtc-’Oiu it*
”5 f.'iJde :wIn5rvob.y yep 'wp.uld, .purchanc tho cello from me and ».
them 'your 'selves' in c'}reW''Ti£it'di«, iri Whioh-sasie I* would hr. a the
>'i;.’on j ienjifQo turin^ .Coxr.pany.Vfi®ure on the lowest possible .uric*;.
r\ which ihea’e 'ceuidf "be delivered toi your' X Bond to yon under
sop.; rata cover some ofythe. ijktlalogues recently, issiiod which sbov.
the. imp rot riant made ?by 'rii^tsaljf "in ';the-fi«i!bigr.', of -these ■ r* 1 ?. n .
fvh -i :nipx; .ipitpBp from up or a if the battery : express trig aatfi . -
i ion "h t> Un /operation, ^ ' I 'KaiKe 1 "iiiv Sstbd'* &'■ tv oi’Si : largo amount 0 -.'
mono''..- in ••se«>ji6li'phifiB a_ 'factory tor the Kdison -l.dlande Battery,
art! should . be grlaid to asdii'"t6 ! its \ output^ Shpp'ljr. -of /coils ror trw.
Britain'-,. » ’Tfe»;ee.ntral-Asat,('ipn ;qf 1 manufacture enables fcht lowest
N.it.'. to 'be .ee«j'i»r?d', aWil '.i‘-em Wife' £3fvtyo>tf -tiife wiliinr; to contom-
. ' rfo nrWnrteisWBi of tho J^ind Ithat. satisfactory pr-ices could V.
•r:c • • y.r.i by the Edison J.fewd'fbetUi,irtg';\3'o^atiy-,' .'
;iv: battery in nweti^it,.>!itl1 j3'piendi'd itubooss i'n this and ad-
:«! 0 ounces, unci' it iirouia without dbubt bo well received , in
Ynitrs very truly,
(Signed. ) Tho s, A. l-tdiao:
#a*p y,
n..
zjHD^||opvr^- * gomtavy, jff$f
London, 1,3th March* 1.S91*
Pvoi: &>r:--
I duly, received your letter of the 17th ultimo, to.*
g<s ther with the two catalogues for which I am much obliged*
To- enable my Directors to come to a decision wi;ll you Kindly
ls-tr- V»hat. royalty you would suggest should be paid? 2nd,
Yh rough, what channels, you would propose to dispose of the CoJls in
Vila Country, and 3rd. What would be the lowest coot at which ’/£»•
Cituidi supply- the Cells to this <tas$«uy in case they should
to push the 3alea themselves?
An. early reply to the. above will greatly oblige
(Signed) ■ J. H. Hondomon,
Secretary.
l’hos. A. EdiffOn, Esq.,
The Edison Manufacturing Co.,
Orange, B. J-., U-. S. A.
518
I. April vl6th, 1891.
The General zinc Kecoi
LJhting Co,. Limited-,
n d o n, H» C.. KKSLANB,.
I tobg to say In reply So yoh'r <l«at&e.r :;of !<l0'.th ■-ultimq ,
■answering the three questions which yon ;asUs therse&ii, .;£ii)ist, that I
»m billing to pay 'ydiif Company the same ■r-ojy'al'ty .a® *r$u$sr’tMe«ft» 1«-
Lande & Chaperbn, ttflr the privilege of selling ■aaison-iEiianae wells
within the territory for which yon .hold thp pkfdntryghtfB'— What is
to acy, ,5 cents -per litre 3f®» capacity .Qiijf each joell.' il'tenclosp
herewith a sheet upon which we illiiistmt ed •the'war.ibii's ttypoe .whioh
are made by the Kdison 'Manufacturing vCompany., ‘showing t£f?e '-riitre
capacity of each and the amourtt .of royalty.,. Second •. ;;i!n -Regard
to channels through which I would propose 'disposing of <tfi« ''cells in
your .country, this would depend altogether upon subsequent oireUm-
stahoe. The agent' for the battery in 'stilish Hur.opean wburitrAes i*as
we. have the privilege of selling in is Mr» Miflip ’B. ^Dyor, .,o5f
Antwerp, Belgium, the '.foreign representative <.o'f the iAnieriican ^Edison
factories,. I would p'l&ce .'the cells primarily ‘in *r». iDyer 's.ihanda
and leaVe to hi* Judgment the :format'ion of 'a .oon'rfe#,t?iabn with ‘latfal
selling bgcfhts. . ...
Tftiid. iveypect to 'the lowest :cost ;at ■wh’®5h%i'r fabtony
can supply thbsb cells to yodr Company, in Vase ' you '‘Blibtiitl .‘ddcjji’de
.to ptich the your selves, X have had the veiny .lowest -.cefets sis Per
tftined, and wdiiid ullow you It disedunt at BS# from the list prices
quoted in bur eatal'b^etVfe %ich 'bYc '■liffir'ealy :i'n ybur iMhids,, .for -ord¬
ers of not less than 'five hundred cello. .'The . very .largest dis-
cdurit >hicVi We alfeW t'b the S’deai«r.s In ithis .'tfountry ' is '50#
and i.5#. , . v
•X nriv ohndlnfe yhu, *&n£er cblydr., tsomo sbo.pfo'B -Of «a
"Mcdlb&i Catilb'itiib1' Asfetffrd 'Edison 'faafmfetituWihg ’QVmpatiy..
In ad'ditlbh iJb thb battft,d!%'ir of erred tb r6hb«eih, we'baVB,-, Mii&e
theab htt%'Al%d%8 .'RiaSh (a Cgalyanic .'tia‘tt«ry ttfid -a •iefldO's-
•b$tt hatt bt“y» , '$fiWan#B ..hirt teVr fcfc 'hot >iili*Btr'«hWd Ith '-fiftis
adtaldguO j as it wab %&iipTetetty& -the •fimertft ithe t ime ‘this
printing Stas dohi. -y8& Will find a 'di'tfbifiptfbn of ‘it .on page 8.
t bfeimfjfhla. Ahfb^fction *i&l% 4& suTfi-cibht ifb "enable i.you'r
jji^bbtbrii to t'eabh A 'debfslbn-, Should itybtir --Company determine to
ftnft'il* thfe battery W6 Will Supply iyou'^^h '^iy fell informatibh /;.
giVin'ft tlVfe rfedbik %f ;our experienc'd 4nd 7.$'&V&bre *w'i't'h ’'redphet ‘to
519
large and small installations, and assist you ip «»pry v&y
If. your Company do(sido to accept a royalty and to ‘tfic l^e^mi’ad
Kdiaon Manufacturing Campanil to I « udrilo
llSllTrZZl ohould b* —*« in »
license agreement.
Yours very truly,
(Signed!)
'1H0S. A. 'EDISON'.
GKNRRAI, ZIH0 'RJjppj/IJRy & JJORpHG G$t£>Apy, LTI).
,189].,.
Dow Sir;-,
r« i&inc jRo^o^ry it i^htine' Co,„
On the lath JI*T>.c.h :l»st , I -wrote yolp. as ;p.er f,ensio^4 i’.ap$y ;bv.t
have not .yet repe-Upa ypur reply.,
.As the time :.o.ur Annual Meotihjp id close sat -.hand 'J shall
be .glad to have a reply from .you in ori pier that ‘J --may /lay . jit -fcfifsse
that Meeting..
■Sours faithfulj ly,
> - TSigned) J.:M. ;Hender»oh*
secretary.
<J 9 t K,
&
With reference to yoj*r Mj <»**** of 0th instant, *9i
"*** thin morning: reply to your prevj iou8.*o^hieat ton dated
13th March Was unavoidably delayed, It goo* forward, however,
by .thin mail, under aeperdte ,p ewi' ’*
^ran^ie, N, ,J„ ^>ri;i 4pt;, -1.89,1.
Jf M. Henderson, Esq., (too ‘V- •
"* The a; Z. «, jfc z*r Co„ -Limited,
London, «, ,c* JWffiUUJB, . ’
£ 0* v.
tori} 24 th, X8g^
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<J«n’2,, ^ .ft. & i. cotj timt^av
• *•“»**, «. -0.
ne«w Sir i->-
1 **•“ ei«*wM in w»|:^ wj ms «tt* aui, aia»r
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BKMr«i* diBtribak loft, ^ > 4i«t. Wlj ,«.itl : «M «,. IXmaMKm
Jf W M"»i« S*W fta.nfc „jj> yw fl„4 ^ ?WM of
interest
* *Br Joi**fr ve^y
S*
THti GRhKRAI, ZIJIC RROOVHR3C. & LIGilTIHG- .Go^lTY.LTD.
o. England May l»,9l.
T» A. Rateon, >’sq.,
Ortingo, h. J., I/, s. A.
re deneral Zinc Recovery & Mftjbting Oq. . jtitd.
i in receipt of yours of the 10th y'ltimo, the co*6*btB of
which are noted and I have submitted same |o my Direo*”'8'
The Annual Gow*l Meeting of the Con^any ia. he held, in
the middle of Juno and your proposition wijlp, then he submitted to
the# for ' their final determination.
- To enablo me to meet the questions w^jich are. sure to be ad¬
dressed' to me I should be '.glad if you courljf, 8ive m® *" estimate
..(baaed upon your expeAiencd of American f*f88 ahii thh Royalty ac¬
crued due or paid to Lalande 6 Shaper?*1) (jf Tbit this Company
night reokon upon as an inaomo from the af pangement .
you will quite understand 1 d° not. w|»h in -any way to bind you
buV simply to give mo your awn qeri}n)atV*f j * ®uidd*
I Should be glad if you «Mld ' let me- have that as soon ae
possible so as to be 'here in time for the;' Meeting'.
(Signed*
l M, Hdnderson,
Secretary.
aa, m*
R* A. PoiOta^
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Dorn* S4**»
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28th May., 1891.
Mr. Wn, e. Kibble,
p t# ^ V era-, .
Dear sir:*
, * ' * '
Your’ letter of 13tU inatfcnt was diily tf^vfed byV.tr*
Edison, ,
HUvPartor,.^ citt»,.!Ha8,^ilStan Mr, Edison, -asking
for price of engine* pup, belts, Rafting, am a.^8t .Qf ', tools.
So far as the -engine, and Deans ■, pumj^ar arc once msd, th* .ft,w cost
$750, and the fetter. $62, a**toy S^aon will sail both of than
at the pries named, .leas IB^-for tf^h, and, the other articles in
Proportion. Id enable us to dateline the cost of the latter, it
will be -ncoesaary $?r yoh to info»A ,**, to the size of.tha belts
uo sena ua
“ *h»r“’» “"%• in th. .host *.4,** te.
ftWi5h: '° olt htthie intbpnat ion ns wly „ p9.Bibl.,
in th. -MM. »- WBht oi™i,hW ««.*» *** »mnaihE
the boiler and engiria. - . '
Youra very truV,
Thomas B. QomorV, Baq.,
Wept OniW i :»• &
My dear Sir:-
I ha^e looked OVar the inscriptions of the Scoop
System of Marine Propulsion that ,ypu lei ft at tfie laboratory. «lt
lodks all right, but, pf course, the crrijly way to test its ef-
ficiency and practicability is by oxpar/iroent,.
In regard to makiflc an appointment to meet Mr. Secar, 1
regret that I cannot do this* . At the present time I am so
busily occupied, and. my movements are so uncertain, that were
I to make any appointments in nine cases out of ten I would be
unable to keep them*
"iai^ra yaiy truly, /
' ■ " . *T
May 28, 1801.
!■(* a ’
Samuel. Insuli, Esq., '* ■ .
Edison Building, Broad St.., . ^ *
Now York City,
Dear Sir:-
, I bag to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
2/jth instant, enclosing certificates of the. Jersey- and -Pom* a.
Concentrating Works for ninety-two share, 3 of the Capital Stock of
that Company, With transfer attached, the same beine sent to me as
further security, for four hundred shares Qt -the stock of the
Edison General Electric Company loaned Ito you by myself, and on
account of which I already hold,,. as collateral, 260 shares of N, '
vT», & Pa. C. Wks. stock, making a total to date pf 352 shares, to
be held by me as security for the said loan, as stated in your
letter now under acknowledgement. I note that it is your in¬
tention to deposit further certificates of the aarne stock frem
time to time as the ’assessments are paid].
Yours- very truly ,
ADzanJ 40u~
hJTZZ
Henry c. Ware, Esq.,
Edison Phonograph Worfaj,
Orange, N« if. '
On enhaitting to Mr. Saloon tile Burning Snamry or
Piono^h Worm, H, Ml for ,.e* ehdinejsnh «», lan, h.
•iroa n» to ranina ,« in regard to the l,«gth of time „hi.h .as
opooifioa ,0 the Edison United Fhonoersphlco. os neeessw for ‘
th. «•** of tools before „rk eonla be ,*,e»o.d on thsir
shines. Ur. Ediaon says that frdn the loan, of the pay roll it
»nld m tu yon sr, not doing on the tools, sea he
fears that yen rill no, have than a<e» in, hi ,*» na.ea.by yo.
Youra Ve# truly,
Private Secretary*
Afovrepk./ftty,
Ydwr lottw of m* *n*tm $jjL at i#nd, i „»
in the **«*> the
T*** which I pm eonduotine, at a salary 'ri'f twenty dollars
Piaase *«*>*» ira w)wn y-m pm pammeo mw duties.
Mi»o «/0 V. Gladstone,
7our favour of the 1st, ih*t I to h*fc*. X that j
carmot send you the diagram' asked #«-* * ** TO* thfti* that r
saw one,- fho Eypewheea#f on the Bi:^foao. inatrumento Ifcake 6 g cells^
*** Zh° mt0V* thy sara9‘ the aifor Of i>m<w 'in eaclh case is
about 100 days, ihe TO, calls put this min line of nm'oolM &
stock has g wires on fit, replacing ^ jy* cells of callaucl,
this battery furnish* B current fpr the<lr two longest circuits,
they ^o have a 30 o *11 batter that is ** on the veiy sb^t
a i reams ° You will remember my yof,t from Chicago, that the
Wo ->U federal -officers in Chicago, dcM^clled all offices west
of Buffalo and Pitt, sj burg, and Without /their conaejfit no "office
could fdopt our batt ery, Mr SvWaBr»''tihci Electrician of the ^i8|>ric
ldeolin4 FQMit '*jis *» Pdt up a bit-fiery freeiuntil we could'
show allstter from i Mr, Brown« As I t understand |iij , *a are
dependJiW on the success of tip battery at Buffalo, for this
lsttexy«|)n amount Jof the failure pf tjhe 30 cell^Mr Kitton
.-.ibvut A it ih. . hawdljr . advisable
*/y • -
Prof. Rob * t . h. Bxufrrtdn,.
M to ^ h
h“r8f<’"M *“r •• www. „ th»
S8"‘1’ **:*»* «i » aw wl*.
to «,» sohooa ^ « MoWto ^ foni
" *’”**"■ ‘*‘“ ““ * *>»
oo»»nio»o «, th, jtabj,*. 1
Private ISocretaiy^
June, , 3#91*
liiVory Baq.,
1 :■ "' ., ,:
®rw Jersey &■ Pehn' a*. Gohesntrii* jLhg Worka, ,
Ogdewaburgi, .
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W- <toar Sirs-
, : Youip letter *)£ aapd .instant is at be,nd and, contents
noted
, *\till try and 6° »P to O^iTvrltehyrti- dt®: ready to oxpori-
jnehtl Wiii. the heater* The Iooafflo.tije lantern which I ordered is
now at- the haborat ory but the front glass of the same got broken
' in t jansitiy^e are now fixing, it up, making fittihgB eid*,;and
at mat ia BiaJdng a, lamp for it. „ I will sand, the lantern, to Ogden
aaaxjn dd poisible*.
V Have you got out jioojriight thaye At present* .and if so, ,hoW
doia'it1 wotfki
1 V,
Wra. voty tru}jr» .
your /otter «f 23th liltimo, in ip ear d
to obtaining a phonograph. fbr/Profeador Hermann] of Konigsberg
University, fdr we by hita’lh the investigation! whicfc'ho is
conducting upon the tretahmiam of speech, Cached md in duo course
of nail*
In reply 1 be^td say that t /ill 1» vary pleased to do all—
1 ean to Beoure for PjCf. Ho smash a phonograph pit the late at ani
beat construction. 'fehe instrument in ^Europe is1( however, con¬
trolled by the Edison United "Phonograph Ccmp&tv » an d a machine
for use in deitoany ccttld ohly he Obtained. from. tihem. 1 have rd-
fen/d your letter t<? i'tiee foreign Cjoswittae of the Company^atrongly
■urging tint the application of Pro*, Bowditch. Bhcmld be granted and
a phonograph fi*mishibd to Prof. He&ann just as soon as the new
machines are ready fp? delivery . 1 ‘have rIbo rpo amended that the
inatTwant he. BUPPlicd half-pride. Trusting that the United
company\will conBiaeir the matter fpypnablyv
V , Y6m« vpicy ti^Jly,’
Prof. fiewiP. Barker,
university of P'WhsjtivaAia,
U Phi5ad»il>Ha, Pa.
3 June, 3.893*
' ° r 0 1 C n C 6 m m\i ttee
qf * the \ , ■ ■
Edison United Phonograph ^njpanyi
*J% 1S92,»
of Prof, Barker to yourselves,
your favorable ooneidenrtiou
trusting -tjat it vdll met -with
I ara, yours vary .truly.
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ynoutui. #c-ft»**** "Ji
ww wuuy. <** 7 &*umU'-- ■ ^ .
v .$ ' J -@b,
nAl, /7n,^rU. ^
1 / ,,,.. 4isk> /?■ *Xs CAd/'S? '<S?->
rm^ ^ ...
, yuJ-- ft'ftot- -
•J j '-'i/ftsfr/o \Jyri<s£i/ . -
v -?n<wi^^: , / ^-Js
Mr. Bdiacm haa received the 4$ m
patent oh storage Sattery Which. mw sent to *h* J*bf>/rat<«y fyr
teat,, anti i» is vary much obliged** y«, for it, yj/a say in your
letter Of 3rd instant that you. also .eno^ee fche drawing*,
ho^wr,, have not boon, received, the <wty en^eare bBin& the copy
°* the Patent, if it ia convenient for jU to*<M m .drawings,
tiiey would be of much assistance to Mr* .'fedi-ebtf* .
Ytfure vet#
*s^W« fidcivjtary .
Messrs, Dyer & Seely*
#36 Wall Street* New York 'City*
I beg .to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
6th. instant* enclosing Ann ignrndnt i
•Me liars* King, Burgess,'
Herman and Churchill, to Mr* Edison, of a half interest in the
invention of Edward P* King in Glass Making Apparati.ha* the same
having been duly recorded iri the Patent Office* .
'June 8, 1892»
Mrs* M« Stillwell,
Menlo Park* Hv J*
Dear Madame ,
I enclose herewith a letter from the Secretary <of
tl® ^"Vtaent *<>**■** <* Menlo Park,. Mis Edison would Wa-Ao
haua your opinion am to whether he shiouldt instruct ithe SnciB’ty
to remove, the plank wal); referred to Or have it repaired* ;He
not desire to spend any.ntonej
Yiours truly.,
Private Sec’y.
H» M. iivor,
Cpnfiantpatihc %g..,
^C'donaBtireh, If. j,
to. Edison ha$ read m* lattftr of
ho aays^ that if to. Jackaon's alternant aa to t
tailinga la ootoe^, everJr day,s d(5lay ^
loas of over a hurtdred, dollars. '
tfpups tinjly ,
’Pi'ivat’i Secretary,
JM|ne 8, 1891/
Mr, R„ E, Qasterline,
•#116 East 10th Street,
•Hew York City.
Mr, Edison has read your l(»ttey <x£. 4^ instgnt, , and .
baa instraated me tasay in reply that it will bf ertirbiy, .Batia-
factory to. him for you to commence yoti,r duties oh ilondey^ ,
2Snd« ; You will please report at the: l[abw»*oyy bn. that «flante<» "
Yours trull'., ;
Private 4jet1retaiy»
*u>f» 8, 18?1.
mm?* J ty/p S: Seely,
#35 17 a 1 1 Street
Naw York Oity .
Dear Sirs:-
5 *• *6 «* «•„» re« or awas
Patwt 28811 -*■**.
improvement in Si.otni, Sot Rj>. ^
2101 7131 <b‘M **“■• “»*,*»*« «o „ r.r „
paovwert la &«««»»«» ,i.„trlo ^ Set ^
1 ”'>‘a ^ «* *» **!*.».** ...... OT, ta
— *“ *h* — «-* ■«**> * m *. ro™^,
PhOtOdn'jmJi n-P 4.1 _ _ _
the Hnirt
mm
► S«> Per$, Eaqij treasurer,
Hevr Jersey & Perm’ a. Concentrating Worhs,
New Yor^ City* ' -
I beg to adyj.se yok tl^t the ohec.kvfbr $5,ooo»oo
which accompanied your letter of 2nd instant was ti^day- handed to
Mr* Ce0ree. Richa^,. of ,D°y6r >. *-> ,by Hr.r Kdisoh. A .receipted
voucher for the amount goes ^ward;to ^u.to^ , under ^at*.
.Private ii'ecjl'et&iy^
& ■ ' '
June io;, 1891*
Zippel, Esq,, Agent for Trua,te<
Dear S:
I enclose herewith w check for twenty-five dollars,,
in payment Of the 2nd installment of gp/' of w subscription Star
five bonds of the Orange Club. Kindly .acknowledge 'receipt*
Yours truly.
10, 1891,
Alfred Ob Tate, !
Edison Building, Broad St,,
Referring to the Convent io n of the National Phono¬
graph Association which is to be held in New York 16th instant,
and to Mr, Lombard's desire to brii^g f,o the Laboratory soma of
thb delegates thereto, Mr, Edison /days tyhat lie ha/(. no objection
td: Mr* Lombard doing this. He would lii|:e, howeyelp, to lje informed
as to the date upon which Mr, Lombard w/|ai visit Grange, fbr the
reason tint he Wants Mr. Ballou to hAv©' one of thji new phono¬
graphs read!' for inspect ioh.
Yours vesj^ truly,
si
/ J
SSi'r^
H» M« iivor, Esq,, Gen»l,Manager,
N. J»& Penn1 a. Concentrating Works,
Ogdendburgh, N, J,
I bog to confirm the following telegram sent to j
to-day by Mr, Edison: -
"BethlaJiem complains ir6n running down, phos¬
phorous running up. Be careful or we will be
ordered to stop shipping-, EDISON, «
Yours very truly-.
Private ‘Sect,,yT~
U''
t± ■“ u
Yoturs truly.
Sathlohoni Iron Co,,
South Bethloheiji, Pa,
1 bog to confirm the • following tele, gram «
’OraI«° t0 the Bdleo’5n Laboratory
vour ^tf11 the castlnES toontiohod ftn
your letter of 8th immedj jately 'by
vSr°uSn w° shall be g^ad to reeeiwe
Oyour B analysis later whJm oompl.ete'd,
UBiBOK.
-Mr. Q. coaiey, -sup't-.,
N. J. a HiB'i. ConCehfi^triB^ toXMi
■OedSawab^h- B. Jf,
i>e$tr Sir:~
-A-6 uL BaW* mp&i 3 ^rn if, you fU* analog
invitation *®deiW froh W* Jr. Callow. if W '«***«* ^y,
**h Bothlo}^* *- *v -to ^ % 4 bto to tajfn p*e*s at
Wo W o* tijk.Mth ** ii ^obbt** of
*00* wiii b* Majwxtet, )bt* ftfaQap. &w*%m * worth -
Jrour whiiff * ^ fM if* «fti J ** ** jjro# u» '** *4 **
think about 4.U >i?Mf retfjy t*- *wty4 *ii, **,& th* ^i- .
•tntion, *t> that i*a rpfleijtft^ay ?a a^k^dga* io Uk •<
Jrivetffc S^f^B^wjji',
I1W ^thlohem Iran Oonqiw,
^outh Bethlehem, p^.
•*«, - •» -•■
*•*"* April opa la3J._ 0» Wsiv.a * poo.
a» «•* ^ «.■ iroo .aAoro^a s„ te„^ m w ^
rirroTir;: '?£?&-*
f*" "iu’,ot'*' “w ***•!.«- *** *•.«*.* *£ZT*L
*“ r^"* ~ ** 1 «***>
■tech «« taV5 ». »!*,« f,™«4 op «» i„„ ,tiu ^
and. th* pHoapBdMJUB very' moh; lower.
t Z°ttrs very truly,
*u=ra
M. 3.
£>£>«»» fti**;-
X have r$c&iv<*i
®ndi*e June 5j.d, 1Qgi> A#
"** '“ “ «* »» *M« ^2"*^ •**•** «*
MV‘B or* °UM»e «u». ' 3 ^ ’J*’ * °**w »*
"®M *'• »» ««« it,, ,» M **• »* «.
these matt Sr's, mhd& *h etio«
;vsfy *»&y,
Jue^*ss" /&:££> SS?/
|: i fc&^-en, - <« ■ •■? - <• -t^' -r<y’ ^ •£ -c
l-’O a-; -9 -f. tr-yfr$.£
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/■£. /-£,*■<•<■■■
/
^ rf'y (ciafea \^tA
June nth, 1891.
pboirei;
waru.jisqi-. * vice-Presi dent,
American Phonograph Company , # 10 Wall Si
| 1 fceg t0 say, that I have heard from Mr.Bdison.who aays
|at he ivlll ^^Jhavs^u bring acme of the members of the
Stiondl Pbono^^4i^3Uisoc iat i on to the laboratory, but he would like
fow to th0 datQ when th® will bo there, so thrfi he
n arrar^f^i^iave one of the new phonographs .ready • for 'Inspection.
| please writ a direct to the laboratory, notifying them of .
|ie daylg^in^fflid^oing out. -
Yours' very truly
Private Si
■Edison Building, ■ Broad St.,
The following is a list of the property which Mw.
Prank McGowan left in ray house at Orange
3 Violins :■ ,
a Violin 'Casas ■'
•2 Violin Bowa j
1 large Phot ograph of Mr.. Edison
3 ii ’ » “ Man/ Anderson
1 Trunk • ( cont ents unknown )
1 -Rubber Riding Coat.)
1 Grip Sack
1 Copy of De Be riot’s Violin Method
1 » » ilazas’ ! “ tt
1 Overcoat.
1 Sack Coat ;
34 Volumes of miscellaneous literature
Several pieces of sheet music
a bundle of old cast-off olothihg-.
a bundle of correspondence, papers eto.
a -nvanber of garments us'ed by McGowan on his South
Amerfcir trip, all of which are in an advanced stage
of dilapidation. - - -v
1 pair of 'clippers. r / [j
1 pair of laced 'shoes-. i/l^X
tours truX s
Charles Batchelor, Esq«,
No* 33 West 25th Street,
Hew YorJ? City,'
I beg to advise you It hat Mr, Edison has ordered
Gilded. to ship to you at Cold Sprang % pair of the small io»
CprniBh Rolls at present at Bech'Wlsville,
Yaurit truly.
Private -Secretary.*
B. Harrington,
#1230 Seventh Street;
Port Huron, Michigan.,
Dear- Madame,
Mx*'* Bdisoh has rafad y-our letter of 4th instant,
and he has instructed me to refciirn to y|!)u the- enclosed subscrip¬
tion paper which accompanied yow C'onmdnioatioiU As you will vsee
Mr, Edison has pt'kt his name dowk for fih'ty dollars.
Pursuant to Mr* Edison' 6 ^natiuctione 1 an tio-day writing tfo
;mt# win Serrano, of
visit the laboratory.
H,. J, , informing him that he may
Youri truly.
Private secretary.
^ CfUSoa,
Bochto^oviliq, Pa,
Dear Sir!
1 ”* t0 ”*”** the *>«»«•« ».lwrara
Ship the amaxjL tan /inoh
oomish roll a (t0 Batfslieior,
I HDISOjitf. .*
Yours tjruly,
-'June llth, lfiois.
E. M. Liver, Bag* , General Manager-,
& .P«*aia, Concentrating Vorkn,
Og&onBburghj M, . J.,
I beg -to confirm <t!io following telegram ivrhich I sent
to you this morning in reply to yours i0f Oven -date.., nbtifyinjj me
of the heater being ready:
“Impossible to (orao; telegraph me rabbits.
to'ISOK. *
fours truly,
Esq*, :f, I '
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n0t ^BUli.ar «rj(th tbs C0ttWlk iopk^L-^. ■ .J. 1
wiab3« to give m Lb ^ ***»&*
V*U*y R«" R«t d ' *** '
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mnieats Tilth th. &u*w tM)j f ^ t’ ( ./ „ J‘ *** ^ ',<W’ '
— f eiw rT #4s* * 1# »4V
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dua to Mr. Era,njj tecftiwan
Mp rta.
thafu- if
fytt4 Vfittttiv&t,
1
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tfilne l£, 3fl3£»
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****** mA.tftyejutoa $> a
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m* n*mi** *m> ±t ymtoi,, ?a*4»* *& %> ^ at^ im-
bi}\ £o* b>& $$ iqs,* ,fyvzt)r
and ^Bii4s;?5wnife ^Nt^njikJ^ 4jftefeM
!^j»! th*iy»
U« StJwictiBh,' Esq.,
Ho. 31 Wassau Street,
Hew York City,
Atie IX, 1891.
Dear Sir:-
I have your letter of 3rd inst ant. If a successful
separation of the Rhode Island ore to which you refer was effected
in a Ball and Horton machine, and the titanium extracted, it is
liiore than I could do. .
We have tried in vain to deal with thie Croft 'Mine Railroad
people. We have stopped the negotiations and are »nov: going to
build a railroad ourselves*
truly.
t o f. I jl.y * f 9 »
dpar Siri -
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ft n&- i* *H*& W W VWfr'i* **■ &' *«* ^*^th * ■«**#*.
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mw,T$. Ifittmi in j?4* ^Iiim #$**««•» *
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0. J. Conley, Esq., Sup't.,
K.» J. & Perm’ a. Concentrating Works,
1 have yotir letter without date, :
blast which is to take place at South Bethlehem, H. Y.'on the
afternoon of June 16th, 1891. It will be impossible for me to
go to see this blast,, as I am too busy to get away. South Bet hie -
. J
hem is in Albany County, Mew York, and I think you can get there
by th6 W'oct Shore Railroad. I return herewith the invitation, and
it might be worth your while to go and see this blast.
Yours very truly.
1 this hem, i/fc
Deaf sir •
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Pta" “* «« • *>»* U* _ it ,,
rr ^ - - *4-*> ► - *jzz
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Jt)pV%**£ Yoa f0f ypuv invUaHon
V sra, yours v£i*y .truly.
H. M. LiV0,, Be,., Gan'!. ltaaceP)
»• J. A' Penn 'a. Coventrating Worta,
Ogdens burgh,, j.j. ,JV
Wf' ^
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•‘“1. «M J lmv, notea. content, M.
. “ °" ** ^ " «» - - »- h,™ «, i * 10„
“ Thi* she>" come 'thi ng wrong,
I noto what you sav in .
^ t0 eXperime^ vrith heater an!
aynng the hoao on etook pile, 1 think you win have a
:r t “ thsn *- °»* — *« »» otooh PiU!
this would be better than wetting,
>» W to ^ „p ,o Ogaen, , . so ^ ta.r „
to t ft, „ to e„ „„„ , „„ ^ aa ^ >o '
hence aMt ^ M
mill will certainly run it lower.
irc'ler for a oar load of the extremely
fine float of Mill No. 2: I 'h,V61 ,, ’
’ hZ "ead ««arte m regard
uhis fine dust, and the saais^&rfo* If -
rom,a J?/
Letterbook, LB-050
This letterbook covers the period June-August 1891. Most of the letters
are by Alfred O. Tate. There is also correspondence by Edison and Thomas
Maguire. Many of the letters pertain to the manufacture of phonographs and
cylinder recordings and to Edison’s relations with the North American
Phonograph Co. and the Edison United Phonograph Co. There are also
numerous letters relating to the business of the New Jersey & Pennsylvania
Concentrating Works, including the leasing of mining properties and
production problems at the Ogden ore milling plant. Other correspondence
deals with the Edison-Lalande batteiy and strategies for marketing the battery
in Europe. There are some documents relating to kinetograph experiments,
the Edison phonoplex system, electric lighting and power, and the
mimeograph. Beginning on page 381 is a letter by Edison listing recent
improvements in the incandescent lamp. Included also are several letters
concerning Edison’s personal finances and the investments of his father,
Samuel. The spine is labeled "From June 13, 1891 to Aug 24, 1891 No.
The book contains 697 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 25
percent of the book has been filmed.
Canadian Subscription & Publishing Co,,
■#621 Craig St., Montreal, Canada,
Dear Sirs:-
Rsply t0 your letb*r 'Jf 2Stb ultimo has been
ovine to aw absence,
Mr. Edison's syas are of a bluish grey, his hair is irea
grey, and his complexion somewhat sallov/, inclining to rallo^
Hoiisof stout, build, and about 5ft; 10 in, in height.
Trusting that this information will be suitable for your
purpose
I am* yours
ty truly,.
Jtmo 16, 1891*
E# C. Felton, Sup't,,
Pennsylvania Stool Company,
Steel ton, Pa.
Dear- Sir:-
* ”“V' ‘"tea «“ ^ «».. of bare inferred to
“ ”* ^ °* 5‘h .*»*->. “* tasfmea oar Sote„...
tadr Sorts to send yoa a pattern of a naehine tariff stood
In *“* °“ttas *>» the oarbon within 413; l„„0r
« Pootiblo, but not higher* fh. phosphor™ w ba op to ' ^
“P ‘° •5> thS ”» ** *. aid th. aulphnr np t.
<«• » te Of oourae desirable that thos. oho^d aU be a, lew
as possible* hot within th... lb.it, y„ .an ..1,., whatever
1 tie. ray b. »™«™ary in order to get th. easting free f»n
ew lolte. we eheuld be farther obliged if you would send „
IJZ°‘ rta" “* "" lhB ”“s heat * “
Z T TtU "“'j “7*“ * *#e send
ap f.-OE tthenedtedyl tuJ «fck ■ ^ /£,
Y oui*3 truly y
B D 1 S 0 N l A b R a T o R Y
By A * , K.-' ,v iey
f^Ntlj* Ate flL_^
Jvme> 15, 190^
Ujtlt0d Phonograph. C«U,
&• J*. >1 e jp 1 3 o n , Beg*, ^9o'y»»
SuilOirfe, Ned YOWc,
V ISir:-
fatewiw asftlh *0 your }ptter of 8th instant, in
re^aM ** tlw cylfndena whioh y a* h&vo bp on aflndinj*
'■Shrmtft the nnila to and. ©rap Europe, 1 notice in oohhOctiO),i With
***** ** thfl oylindopn which you. e«nt to mo, th«# f)m postage
^ tho boxv 1 think it ia a great shat oio to
th? postage stamp there, baoauBo the poai office official*
in cancelling the otengr $re almost jjeCtain. to damage th* cylinder,
■id»c b»¥ not hbing strong enough to *ta*a tho preaaorc. t
it uWrtOd be -a good idfta JhhaVe tags pointed aonething linjk tjw
ancio 80ft herewith, and to ina trust correapendentB to JgMmya
Kla» tht stamp on the tag instead of the bo*, if is noting
o#-tfa» tog to indicate nnfct ia oefatAiitefc & fed btest, tha port
office Ofiieials wiii opbh i«w
*' ? ' Jane 15, Wl*.
Cq1« George E*. Qoureud,.
Edison Houses NorfchurabpiaaMd Ave* ,
H- M V
Eondftiii, W* C*, England*
ESar sir:-
< *9
. I sent to yon by SatuMpy *s at Berner |3 l/z dozen
duplicates of tHje tiro phonograph records Which wans made by your-
half and Ur# Moildarty whan at the Laboratory* Efyjre are 18 of
6nd tend and two dozen of the otherji An accident happened to the
record* of wftioh there are 18, and the duplication is not aa good
• ■ r ' . . ■ it* ' < "
aa I would liheU You Will, however, sfle how distinct the 'dupli¬
cates are* We can duplicate any cylinders tfcai you have, provided
they are siaootfo records*
‘ *■ t- ■ ' •' ' • ' - « / . *
Yours Vejy.trttJy*
' ***** *5th,
Prof. H. P. Bowditoh,
Harvard Medical School,
Boyloton & Exeter s/s a.
Boston, Maas, *
and I ha l0tt°r ^ Sth iD8tant *** received fcy me
«tU. Witt,. *. lOTlt ^ *-*•* *.
*-y, with the request that +u„1r
toot, yon airoct in
Sara vo tho phonograph for Prof,
hope that the Company may see their way clear
instrument promptly. ° SUpply thi
Yours very truly
June 16, 1891,
Major S, B. Eaton,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
1 enclose herewith a letter under date 9th instant,
which 1 have received from Messrs. Schoff and Fairchild, New York
City. Mr. Edison bought thirty-nine shares of the Capital Stock
of the We at oan Furnaoe Company. A sufficient number of these
shares were given to j* to . qualify ae a Director. Messrs. Schoff
and Fairchild ane apparently notifying the stockholders that they
own stock in the Company, but X do not understand the significance.’
of the notification. Can you explain it?
Yours truly,
June 16, 1891,
i R* W. Davenport* Asa’t* Sup't.,
South Bethlehem, Fa*
We have received and tested the twelve experimental
castings, A 1 to 6, B 1 to 6* referred to in your letters of the
8th and 11th instants'* We have found that the B castings are
superior to the A's, generally, A 1 containing the most blow holes,
and, in fact, being unfit to test; A 3 is next to it ih
On the other hand, Ho. 4 B does not seem to have a s ingle blolw
hole, and is also the best from a magnetic point of view* 5 IB and
6 B are next to it in mechanical and magnetic Order. If you j^n
suooeed in duplicating ary of those (4, 5 & 6 B), particularly
Ho, 4 B, our Works at Schenectady will be quite satisfied* They
have been instructed to forward to you to-day, by express, a pat¬
tern of a maohine for a trial easting in steel. Will you be ao
good at the same time that you oast this, to give us one*br too
rings from the same heat, to be forwarded in ns for test When y ou
send the Casting to ScheBbCtady* Please keep the oarbon as lew as
possible, adding sitch other ingredients as you may ‘consider mobs-
sary in order to secure fluidity. Of**, urea the less impurity so
. . >!;•.#* ^ '•> i *«**
mtm
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June.- 16, 1891.
Ur* A* Verne,
Cie, Coni inept ale Edison,
Paris Prance,
My dear Verne,"
This Will aerye to introduce ii*> J, C» Slander aon,
Engineer- in-Chief of tin Edison Gensaul J^eptrid Company ,.,Who
goes abroad for a few we eke' rest, Mr#. Honder|ion will be v6t&
much- interested in anything you can alioir hiQ inrp.,amec:t3mn W'th
electric lighting or kindred interests In PpriB, ^ I1 wiJ3-
prsoiate very highly any courtesies you lm$y extend ^to hih,
Yonra veiy trijiy.
Fesmit ae to introduce to you ifiry J, c,
Honderaon, Snsiaoer-ln-Ohief „f M1„„ ffMwna c&.
*° 80“* *° a"°W 10 "'"■"rate hi. hMMl,, after a
tedious iXlneoe. ImidentalXy Hr, H.nd,r.<,» could ^
eorvs the Present practice in England vrtth respect to raileay
construction end operation, ,nd more MpeeiaXly electricity
ia employed as emotive p™r, x ^al * indebted ft,
any court aa iea ehioh y ou my intend, ft r lehiWi X beg to thank you
in advance* -
June 16, JW91,
J« B. H, Gordon, Esq.,
No. 11 Pall Mall, LONDON, S. W.,
England.
My dear Sir:-
I desire to introtitafce to you Mr, £, o, Henderson,
Endhaer-in-Chief of the Edison dtmsfal Elect rio Obmpany, who
will present this letter shortl^ kfts^ hitt arrival in Lend) a,
Where he goea to take a short moat ion and to recover fran the
effects of a eomawhat protraot<d, illness* Mr. Henderson would
like to employ a few of his spiantf moments in observing your prqo*
tiee in England in -the aonatruotifcn and operation of dentral EletH
tiic Lighting Stations, dhd I wil!|i be much indebt^l if y &t ben
give Mm futilities for doihg SO* Pennit mb to express gOW $
appreoiat ion of yota* courtesy*
Yours very tn'ily*
47
Mr. Georgs S. Hunt,
Patchogue, L. I,
N. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 9th instant U Mr. Edison iiL betihr duly
received. It is Mr. Edison’*! iMetVfcio^ to give & sf&neosclbpid
effect to the pictures token in o onboction with the JUhaiidJfe&ph,
•and a long end ektensivel series <Jf fexpajkttistftfl hh^e be pit eitadueted
thereeri at the DaboratoiV, vary jstgM ^iWlta. h&ing ehtoi,r>e«i,'» This
has all bo eh inedrporated in the pjkthnU Thanking ^orc psjrfoar- >
letter and tor yopr ’ntBiteSt iij 1
i am, yenra Year tm$y» /)
3$§/f' .
s^ea-e^ftc*
Junei '17,, U&90*
&• N* Horison, Esq*, Secretary,
Edison Unitojd Phonograph Company,
Mills Bdg., New York City^
Dear Sir>
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yojur letter a&frh
instant. You will recollect that when X saw you |pn .Sat.wdqy 3*o»
told me that Mr. Edison had agreed With Mr* iMoriar/ty fo give 'your
Company three or four hew machines which are now q,f, thb .Phono¬
graph Works, and that I stated to you that if auc/h an lagneoment-
existed I would .see that the phonogratfta were ae|ft tforlwara t.o you.
X have spoken to Mr* Edison about thOiea 'maehaaics, fiiti. foe fcas in¬
formed me that he told Mr* Moriarty that he ftiij. WVA thfctik it would
be possible for him to let these machines ««U e| o' lit is ‘n&cwssary
to use thorn foh models in c oro action with aatffiufa kin-ire., .hut that ha-
would ascortaih if it WBre possible to spare t ‘ijm* 'iClwre was
absolutely no agroormnt to d&livbr the machined, ajai .upon investi¬
gation Mr* Edison found that it would bi pit# tic ally impossible
to lot them go* for the reason that without them .Vegular-manu-
fttotur® would bo greatly retarded They are *e<ju?s®d in differoirt
pans Of the shop where the various details of mshaf&ctiire are
June 27, 1892*
riel itat >"» !»■* fiaundomood Ur. m,itnr.
1 >»»» ia w hand. a tho *„*, of Mu>
o you duti* >«» „ a, ta„t> 4na
3,851.85. you have paid on aooount of thapo bin-, ^ 2,,„a
*"*“ Sa3-70; J““ l2«- ««»*• *M»» „ ,* 4
*»h you «„ » on th, la., da,. to„ als0 bM„.
to the .™ «•«». «U»c th. total Iwaht $808.(19,
“ °f ?3'M2’88' — . * «U «u „ .a.
morrow.
Youre very truly,
J’i’iV^rfce Seerfltaft'.
^wne 17*h, 1S9L.
Pennsylvania steel Co.,
S» a. Peltan, J^aq. , Snp’t.,
Btoeltpn, Pa.
Dear Sir;-
In reply to your letter of 16th instant, .. I beg to isay
that provided you keep the carbon very low, for examp Ifc boipw .13,
it as indifferent what other elements are added, mi long aa the
total impurity is aay within half of 1*. other words, you
oan add^hosphorous, manganese or silicon, sufficient to obtain
a good casting, of course endeavoring to add only just what is
required.
Yours very truly.
June lath, 1891,
B..
Philip s»- Dyer, Esq.,
R u e o s y 43 ^
Antwerp, BELGIUM.
Dear Sir:-
Referring to my letter ,l0 y„„ of ^
W to .out entering into e.momnicuti.n with toVl. ,ins
» Lighting 00., Ltd. , Of London, on th. ..bjeet 0f the
Edison Lalande Battery, t enclose „,rmlth . ^
ool.od a few dny, ago from Mr. J. M. Henderson, Secretary of ,th.
Company . Von -win oboe™ that thoir annual maeiing ,Mart
pootponod, whion 1. . favorable induction. Be kl»„mmjSU *0
fellow thla mutter up ,l8oro».ly, and if it all pos.ible, pl,.„
Blue 1« your immediate attention. Mr. Henderaon'. i,t,.r „y
Wth of May *„ replied 6y me on the Bath „f that *
py of my reply wae ipeluded with the other eorreeponaonce whidh
you reoelved with my mat eomwnioation.
Yours very truly,
f f
rt^4'P?A^>
■>
Jtme 18, 91.
IJ» Mr l>ivop. Esq., Oeir'l. Manager,
■Mew Jersey & Penn' a. Concentrating Wka. ,
Qgdensburgh, H, J.
I have read rour several letters of I 5th and 15th
1 * n°' think -th* you ahould „m t„, ltoehin<,,
to CTt » Croator product than rill aaaay 69,5, or thanaabolttS. no
tl» BSthlohem P.opJ, nr. raw p.rtl.olar .bout ,h» ph, aphoronm.
On th. other hand, X do „ot think ,on ohonld dalvo round for .
riahor ora, b«t aontinu,, WWdn* the „i„8 „ »tsrtM „ . ^
inava^tMd*. Xfcnt da n.ra W „ „
’ “ ** Set J” *»* olnoo ttmni, add
4"" 1 1”“"‘ fc°" ***. and Mr, Parr, thsM M,
Uraadr eraployad i„ th. tm „iXXa, and an tht tn0^r^ for,.,
•t.h da «a»y bayond wt>|5nK tlat ^ ^ ^
4 - - - - .PP.rantX,
tad in •*«** thing, flint art br.,a„c aom
a"r.,r r r .“,w,,m
otha, aatt.iL *‘*m ““ “a* ‘'mt
■fia.*,
Jtwe 18th, $1,
Spmufli lnqu;i, ^0q,f
KdiHon Building, Broad Strati,
N)m York C}ty.
t>oar Sir:.-
mth to ths WlM«i „nae. fmi IfaPra>
* "" P~"B“ “ «» =>«* Mftma x
,aeltM th, Haoo in A1>Ma ^ ops t>,0Matjio4>
« to »6o Ur.. Wa«« t0 „„ ^ temli| of
Z “ r ““ “ <he •"••** «— * - , a**.
0MiWd " '* *«* ^ - tnft . ***
— *• “ *** 84 *«| au ave, 1M
Yowa voib triCjr,
z>
■l
June 18, 189V
Saftiuel Inoull, Esq»,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir:*
I enclose herewith press copy of a letter dated
June 17th, from the Secretary' of the .Edison /United Phonograph
Compary* I understand that the McMahon Brothers obtained- eight
nickel-in- the- slot phonographs and todk them to -Australia*
Plods e ask Mr, Lombard if his Compary sold any phonographs for
use in Australia, and if they did not,' ask him /if he is s&are
that there wore a mwiber of machines ; sent to- that country. As
the phonographs in question^are probably the property of the $[.
A* P y Con, I think that Mr.. Lombard should be inforaed-o.f the
matters
EDISON UNITED PHONOGRAPH COMPANY,.
Thomas A, Ediaon, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.,
New York, .Juno 17th, ,1891.
* Mi. 27th th** in you, 1Mte
” Ml*a ” f"» U» UcM»h„, Bros,. th .
- be8n s« ta . M ““
American Phonograph Co. , 304. *“ ^
Yoia-o ver^y truly.
(Signed)
Q» N» Morrison,
Secretary*
June 18, 1891*
Samuel Instill, Esq*, 2nd Vice-Pree't.,
R d i s o n Gen' 1. Electric 0 o*.
Now York City,
Dear Sir:-
I bog to acknowledge the receipt of your lett4» of
11th instant, enclosing copy of another letter from Mr, Arango,
the1 General Manager of the Edison Spanish Colonial -£%ht 'Company.,
in regard to noiwiartourated carbons,
Itoiat I did not understand in Mr* Arango provious letter
was his stat fluent to the effect that his friend carbonized the
filament without carbora-t ing it, Mr* Amngo ' a ttae of the term
"oarberaio* ia the first time I have jJaett it applied in this
sense. Had. he said' 'without flashing the filament,* I would have
Understood Vhftt he meant*
Perhaps Mr* Arango is not aware of the fact tfcgt we ‘do net
flash or oarborate our filaments^ and nev^r did s»« Our filaments
are made without flashing; and no one he® ever yet equalled tis
in this respect, } do net fhink there is any advantage to ho gained
py our invest igati^G the process to which t}r* Arango reibra.
There are a grtat mny similar proteases, tpany of which 'it&Cw item
6
Samel Inouli, Jt/fq,
Jiuie 18th, 91 „
*"d - a» u ,llt 0„ ,w
™«h= .. ««.. ^oluto* *. valua of „sh . ma
aa our lamp test room i3 now full * ,
- -o w M.
Yours very truly,
O^Crd dX (SXu
Juno 19th, 1891,
James P. Hall, Ksq.,
Tribune Office,
' New York City..
Dear Sir: -
Mr. Edison. haB received your lotter of 12th instant,
and he regrets very much that ho is unable to comply with your ro¬
siest, relative to conversing with you on the subject of M® .tel¬
ephone, for hearing solar disturbance. At the present tin® !Kr„
Edison. iB working night and day, and it is impossible for him to
make appointments. Were he to do so, in' nine cases out often,
he would be unable to keep thorn. Besides, the stringing 'of wire
at Ogden, "for conducting the experiment referred to, has only .just
been Completed, and many of the details have yet to be attended
to* Therefore some time must elapse before Mr™ Edison will he
able to impart any now infohnation on this subject..
Yours very truly.
Juno 19th,, l(J91a
fiarouol insull, tfsq.,
P. 0. So* 3067,
ttew York Oity,
Dear Sir:-
I bog to confirm tho following telephone messages ex¬
changed between yoUhaelf and Mr. Edison to-day:
"ISrastua Wiman and some friends want to
visit Ogdon Mill. Do yin think we
should allow this party to go there? Ho
wants to go there to-moriH«w, as he will be
ill that neighbourhood. Please telephone
r°Ply* SAMUEL INSULL."
"It will be no benefit to permit him to
go. He has a number of Experts with him,
and I am opposedj&llowing any body tb go
through. EDISON. »
75
H... M|v Eivor, Baq..,. Son 1 1 «. Manage
N« Jv & Penn' a* Concentrating -tfp^ka,
Ogdens burgh, S* J*
JWM 18,
Boar ISirr-
YoT letter of yesterday** dd*e boon neeetvwd.
I have never complained of your extravagant . It is the method*
about which I panplain. The wire te w.i^d the mag^t wfrieh mo
-burned out has been ordered frcm Schendct edy, and Mr. Kmuni ad-
. vised us flin the 17th that it had dlreartr ijpen shipped forward, to
Ogden* I think we should rewind pll thp magnets, If the new one
i«ii\ch is to be rewound works satisfactorily, I believe in having
thsra all rewound. We will get more magnetic and they will be
comparatively cbol.
Yours va«y \vvjf.yt
:io,
Alexander Elliott, Jr., Esq,,
Jirat Natti. Bank" Building.
Patera on, K* f.
Dear- Sir
our Setter of 3.8th instant' hat been rece-iyad.
f tew .auto* *, ala**r ten*. m it
r5nBisM
** *****"”• »«“«« «* °«*r, tea «*. PeMh VMMrd
mwe in the UnHu fee atliAra aha. U. ■*,
YdUha yeiy tniOr,
.June d$* 3.39 In
Major Sr B» Eaton,,
Edison Building, Broad St,,
New York City.
Bear Sir:-
Re Ass igment of 42 Phonograph -Bat onta,. M». Ellison
has roc eived your, note of 28th instant, enclosing copy of your
letter on this subject to the Edison United .Phonograph Co., under
date 18th June, Hr* Edison wants the reservations and the title
of each Patent in full, so he can se-o that the. ass ignment does '
not refer to othe r natters.
Yours very truly,
Private Secretary..
Juno 22, 1891.
dear Insull,-
I have done everything X dan to cet Hr. Edison
to let Goodman make a pencil portrait, as repeated by Mk** Minton
but Mr. Edison refuses absolutely to give the necessary sitting.
I am very sorry that I have not boon successful, ad I know that
you were anxious to pblige Mr* Minton.
yours v0Ty truly.
Private Secretary.
Samel JrupiU, Esq.,
Bd^aon Bpildirtg, Broad St»,
Hew York City.
ha at root. If you will furnish no with the proper form upon
whioh to have the signature of theso poopie written, I will at
to filling it up.
Kindly give both those natters your early attention.
Yours veiy tru ly,
PrivateSccr.o^a^.,
jUki,. Afr^db
$CaJW thaty %A**MA*+*Zy *
UA /Vv\JtjL ' C-. O-
I^ajia t A - fe*. r^Jr *
J "XkJx^, ^laaao»*£j jJc y^>~-''J$p--K€<
Mffl
June 23, 1891,
Messrs. Ball & Biggor,
Belleville, Ont..,
Canada,
Pear Sirs:-
• You will recollect about two years ago Mr. Edison
and nyself had an interview at Toronto with your Mr. Bell, and the
latter wan to obtain, pertain info rent ion with respect to the bonds
covering the properly of the Consolidated Gold Mining Company { 1
think this is their- title) at Manuoi*a# From correspondence had
with you since then, and from the fact of no informtion having
been received,. I presume that Mr. Bell was not able to obtain the
required data. Would you oblige me nov by giving me the xtaraea and
address os of the gentlemen Who represent a majority of these bonds.
1 believe one representative lives in Detroit aid, the other in.
Quebec.
Yotd*b vetv
Private Beerdtaiy.
low. trttfy, Private
Juno 23, 1891.
Major S. B. Eaton,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
Will you kindly look up your files and read a letter
dated Feb. 27th, 1891, which you addressed to Mr. Edison, in ro-
fiard to the Mari' Chandler mortgage for $1,000. I find that the
papers in this eohnoption were referred to several peo-
r r* t0r inforwtio^ that when they were returned tP the.
1 y°* *«** ** inarmed, as you should have heon, of Mr.
\j Edison's decision respecting the foreclosure of Ms mortgage.
\ I bog to advise yon now that Mr. Edison do9a not de^ra to
take advantage of the proposition made by Mr. BUrnham, ^'attor¬
ney of the Mhtuai Life j„a. Co., who offered to p0ltoit Mr. Edison
to foreclose, uMbject to the mortage of the corporation
represents, j preshme that the Mutual Life people have already
. foj^wiosed Krithontcffeait ing the announcement of Mr,. pdiaoMb Oa-
tisipn, TthSfilx has so dong bean delayed. *1U y0ll
«. *•» « *„ «*«, at th! ppe<oM tiM anai>t w ^
*”* * 0Wa’ OMr"“- *s«. ;*«*■* « ,**-**»
June 23, 1891.
Samel Inaull, Esq., 2nd Vice-President,
Edison Gen'i. Electric Co.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 9th instant, attached to which is copy
of a oanaunication addressed by you to Major Eaton, on the subject
of Electric Welding Patents, lias again been brought to ray attbn-
tion.
In raply I beg to inform y au that I am entirely too busy with
other matters to take up this welding business. Besides which, 1
have no heart in it and an not at all inclined to give any thought
to it. Porhaps you can make some arrangement with the Baltimore
poople to -whom you refor in -ycur letter.,
. . Yours vary tihdy,
/>.
•jj S' J'/' y * • .
June 33,
Mr<- 0* j. Conley,
N«. Jr & Penn'a. Concentrating Wko.,
Ogdens burgh, N. J.
At Mr. Edison's request I &WaW to you the Closed
Irtter Hr. Inanll, .ttaotod to nttoh i„ „ .ortoranam, ,„f
tato sroottioationa tor a Rooipro.oaHinc El.otrS. Sort W1!l ltr.
Edison domras too, if „on oaa siTO hln
«» tttt. onbjoot, a jour opinion ahonld aooh a Drill Do, m
■shat should it be able to do?
Sleaoe ration the enclosure yljih your reply.
Yours very truly, yj
Private s&<j*etg:ey.
tftav |33, isfaif
«* 24Y9*VB0(i4j Cor\'a^ 1 '**
Nov 9»wu>y & flptyffcg Opnoenti'fltiyif T%>rjw,
' 4p *4 « « * fc * r g li , ^4,
Doaa* Slr8»
Mr* Ediaqh ha^ **a4 vr-ur Jitter of janii^jlpt «nii
8W8 th^t: he wiu tyy and vWOgflim ai the «?& of
* ** * • •
J'linb 23rd, isat.
SamHol Insull,. Ueq.,
&Uaon Buying, Broad St.,
NoW York City.
Doar Sir:-
I bag 46 confirm the fallowing telephone JtiadBlaga su/tf
you to-day by Mr. Bdisoni
•Ithinfc you should say to fepwken that the props*
way is to have specifications, drawn up ffer & dynamo,
not applying how It shall bo qafld, but wfiat it.
f?* an4 then let tho C&newsl Company try opfl
build antguardhteo it; nfter that tho illuminating.
Company takes no risk-, *pd got what they want* L£
inpttmo^: dot forth tho floor ^ apaw wndhqighi,
t^at tbd fiaonomy sh&ll bo hinety *>r ninoiy-fwr phr
cant , that it shall have otpaOlty 6f carrying double
load for two houra Without oxc««ding tenfreratur* of
boiling water, that the "sparking dhttll be no mo*»
than tW *»»« (Machines in the market, (foal* be coin,
venient and. ebay of oceans.*
Ho M, Iiivor,. Esq., Gen'l.' Managor,
N» J. & Perm* a* Concentrating Works,
Ogdensburgh, H. J.
June 24, 1891.
Deal’ Sir:-
I observe in the reports of the run of the mill which
are sent tome daily that the percontase^o^t^^ne3 tj^Mill Ho.
>•«/
1 is abnomally high. Or* the 19t.h instant the loss
Hr. Dickson goes to Ogden to-night, at ny request, to find out
the cause of this trouble, which must be corrected immediately
7
Yours very- truly,
if,
;a
Obpy* •
Orange , H* J * -June 34th, 1891*
Hv Eh* livo'r, Esq.-, Gen 1 1 * Manager,
New Jersey fePem'a* Concentrating Works,
v _ (Jgdenaburgh, II. J*
Sear' Sir:-* '
I- observe' in the ropy-ts of the rnw of the nil! which,
are' sent to me daily that tfco percentage of iron in tailings or
MSll No* 1- is abriortnally high* On fcho- 19-th instant the I'.ms v/sa
“Mr** Dickson goes' to' Ogdon to- night,, at «y request*, to
fail’d out* the- cause of thia trouble*, which must be corrected iis*
utdtftatdly ** •
Yours very truly ,•
(Signed) Edison*
S*» ifrio re is scarcely ever more than 10$ in tails* and wen
wi-th scarcely any magnetism *yOu ought get more than 1 3/4 unit out.
E*
c d p y.
Orange, ir„ J„ June 23rd, 1802,,
?• Gildea,
X Q n v i l , jj. j.
Dear Sir:-
I find that after the first of July next I -win not
require your services, and you win therefore please arrange to
return at once, addressed to mo at Ogdon, whatever property you
have belonging to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating
Works* '
Yours ve*y truj,y,
(Signed! Thomas A* JSdison,
President
tit. J. & Penn’a, Concentrating "Works.
Samuel Inaull, Esq., gnd Vifla-Prea.tfent,
B a i'e o n . G * n * 1, E 1 9 e t r
N0w York City,
Mr. Edison has instated m to>prwflrd to you tho
enoloaed oorroapondanee ^ H„w u ^ ^ ■
»Ploy.d in the *W*» Worts „t goer,.* gtreot.
h. « «,h an evident to «. ey«, wnoh tesM.aa „ th8 „„
of luo sight. Yon wUl sea from tho correspondence that in-,
Eai8°” taB °lr“‘>r fl““ *» *“■ -»• BU otjaat in referring tte
nation to yonreoif i, to aaeertain .hotter you f..a imlll„a t0
ronyond Pr.ao.y-, app.* for additional peonni,^ aaeieianee,
and if ao, if y0iu will arrange to have eoyething done for him,
«« *« a« fn this natter u*t eon*, to
expected of hira. ,
• Yours very truly
Private Seoretaiy, '
139
*Ws 24, l$oa*
Major S. B. Baton,
$130 B r o a de
Dear Sirl-
I havo road your letter itf a*th dueta^ re- Silver
Spring 2raot, and in reply bes *<> silyVhat 1; havd a>U the land
in that vicinity that I rant and am not dfla^ua o$ Tmwtfsaing,
am' Of the adjoining propane.
y-ourn
f *jLfcifk .QduCoiu
Major S* B. Eaton,
Edison Building, Broad- St.,
. now YdfJc City*
Dear Sir:-
I tov# your letter of loth Bwtunt, 8OTlosi,w tiro
found br ta a or M4 Jcrt ^ yw
ouatody a» kaahiM, ***, ^ fro. Dffl. «„«, TO0 „Mcb
l° “* * “«*»•• »«•> ‘Mkartep taWtolor ,f cfHoih -
1“4’ “ U“nl° r«r't> «« ‘to other o proponed*** to ayoOlf Iff
** Kf* * *to-«*p,op.Wl the fiPot „r mm
on to hnye teen .record.*, m tr# lM, or BM
been fcJcetmted.
I reton t»=», pjpero to yon Bewnitb, add „on»d
yon have Hr. Hotchelar an* irffe deed bac>. tlleee lends to bo. #e
tod eoBe tronhl, otth the Benin property, «»d the Inndo ta
question wore. t^ansfftftrbd. ttt} «r» Batchelor
I « W*. much obhg**** you *<* HoVi^ Erected r*
tioh to the Gutter,
34, }&$ i.
01VIn' toaw,
%r '!r<ja»te City ,
&»afr Sir:-
i» 3iwin03o to ^ijkJ , i • °n ^*PnQCraf{)-i
it <ka OHo '-of the >SJ,* fee hod 4 ’ ^ ^raot^^W
Wtbehaiiaeaoq^^^^
YouraVox* t»naf, Si,
Juno 2&, IBSlrt
W» a. Porry, Esq.., Treasurer,
New Jersey & Penn 1 a. Concent.ratihjj Norite,
1 »w York Cj:ty.
Dear Sir:-
Ro Silver Springs Tract. l,fcs Edison has received from
Major Eaton a oopy of his letter undo*: date 24th instant address od
to yoursolf, requesting, a chock forv,$300 to the order of U.« B.
Watson, Treasurer, the amount of the purchase .price of the mineral
rights in the additional atrip of 30 aoires adjoining the land
'bought a month ago.. Mr, Edison says that Major Eaton should be
furnished with the ojheck asked, f on. I (assume, however, that the
matter has already received your attention. I enclose herewith
the letter which ite. Edison received £qi cm Major Eaton and which
accompanied the copy above referred to. Pleooa return ifce some
after peiusal*
Ifoura truly f
'PrivateSoqrotai'y,
Wy 4«{y: Jte. -Chllda, -
X can VdWy much obliged for the copy of your
'•fodolleetione* which you hi pdly flenj ^p me. I have read the
book from bogiming to end, and the lie ip not a dull page in it.
Vour rimainisponcep are delightfully entertaining, and many of the
incidents and evonta to Whi<fh y°u no fer pro of such interest,
historically and politically.,, tint the world will be grateful
far the information which yoJ ■ convey concerning them.* The great
ehara of the bbofc, however-, i^i ih cy opinion, tho kind, humanitarian
JPeeiine Which pervades the whd^e of it, fend which somehow wakes
■pud fddl hotter nftar having rijspd it. -
With sinoera regards, and l^ood vrishsa
■pelievd s», veiy truly your friqnd.
Seorge W jChildp,
Philadelphia, P|d*
*• Colvin’ **«•* kspxhir & Manefiots
J *3 Bi*cta4A;r. IKHHIS,
N«jV XcJ^feJ: flity.
Hear Sin-
ttr* Sdiiu)n ia" W ^ Sliced- fbr y4ur iW of -gdth
inntant, (mclosing- latte* Mfivod by yen Mpa Prth^AMrloon*
tbgeth«. rrith pfeasMopy Of the appi-oi&.;iat* Lpir «,,** foaWa
to the aatno.
™a f*Uo* %orri*o* ia. the rtont m&aieaitam vioi^ue ahdttrL-
acw.p^ ,*o*w*q »a Me *»*«t in ail ** Ihe
statute i^bfeikff/e tohoemtttfe the pfcphogMph are W^te, '
evaiy «wd ie iff tt* -absolute li*. Xe Mi? houndwV the
ptohOgreph f*« thrf w ^Wt, -threat aMd to ^Bttlpaau Ha.
^ippinoott, *£, in Ifeot, 4& eve,*tbin*Wc>h he poaeibly'.-o0ui<iL
to fetforo the ente^jLze. }j.ia -animat ia due to the fitet that W
the ifcohOer^ Me ^odb^ it W?4 tfaxfrtu ferealt up the a^i
of Phomgp^ whio-h-he crinfjwt? Jtf&wwfc, jr. Jr ^ fol2ov ^
a niMwpoW, - void Of ihffeepaa, ^ bei^ pj>thw** 7
nth* I fytvm Jjeratoh letter* *a
• * laptop ^ed’y.
AU -rooJcs StraJcer,
P«HI ORAM, h. j
I°"' loltsr of 23M *”*«* - au, „aoei„A.
1 “! cSnli to go into th. tan»c= boain^, M ,
1 .. can do w connection with the Concentrating ;? forte:,
' MWw'“ w -1— • “M»“ *» « ^ t0 -
I 1 ----- . * - >. ^ „„ ^
as I know nothing whatever about it,
"" — «■— - in t* «
» «h y« mmM **«**»., « nia „ 00ula
Ypura voiy. truly, ; > ; ,
June 27th, 189:
E* J5. Sheppard, gBq.,
»°* 9 Adelaide St. West,
Toronto, Canada.
% dear Ur. Sheppard, -
Jt would Give me a c^aat deal of pleasure
were i able to aociat you in obtaihinc the phonograph mentioned
in your letter „t 23rd toatont, tot so many of w attest. to get
Phonographs lor up friends in Canada have failed that I cannot
hold ont ony hope in the Present instance. the Month sunericen
Phonograph Oonpw hdire nevwr arranged to do bnein.ee in Canada,
and although that have Mean approached In' several responsible
people, anxious to taw the tot tor np in tWt country, the, have,
for comp reason which! an totally unable to enpwin, declined t.
S however, 1 will Mot lot your request paoe without
-dhing on ofibrt to have it granted. I hav. Witten to the Vieo-
Preeident of the Month toerieon Phonograph Co., and will coununi-
«at. with yen further as eobn as 1 hear fifw hto. v.
^6Ura very t^-uly,
Jjwe 27, 1891,
H* U% Livor, Bag,, Gon'l, Managor,
N«jw Jersey & Perm 'a. Concent ratine Worko,
Ogdensburgh, N* J,
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of 25th instant is before me.
Of course, the principal cause of loaa in the tailings, is
TOak ^Cn°ta* but W^‘«n tells ne (that thes* holca occur
right along. He also tello me what you have not told m, that
you are uoing a considerable number of 50 mesh screen plates,
having neglected, 1 suppose, to order a supply for the -future, 1
also learn through another source that you had to shut down
crusher at one time, having neglected to get a supply of oil.
Yours very truly.
t ■ t ■ *
fane 27, 1891-
Major S, B. Baton,
Edison Buildinfe, Broad St*,
New York city.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Edison has read ydur left or of 26th instant,, in
roeard to the assignment made hy him of Colonial Mgfat patents to
the Brush Electrical Engineering Company, Lo^n. He note,, the
SC °n °f-the Bpua/fa ConPanj" 1 s attorneys in striding out fiwn the
fom of license the words to which you direct hid attention' in
your letter, and he says that this is. all right.
Private aforetfcary.
June £7, ^891,
Major S. B. .jfetoA,
Edison Btilidin^, Broad St*,
Jl0» York '’it*.
Dear Sir:-
Hr. Mitcn h«« )■<»£ 1'our lower- ,1 2,'M »„5te»t, r„
Pa‘“ ** HO W ^
au.a on ». loule. ^ w MBO looked over ooro « «. „„
" ^ =»< * r - * MNtaM
whatever. , • '
yO
Your S trtilr, '
‘W%if
Privafd Secret^.
Samuoi Inr.ull, Eu-;<
29, 1891-
P» Oo Box 3067, V
New York City,
Dear Sir**
I beg to confirm the following telephone messages
which passed between yourself and Hr-. ]?diaor. to-day:
HIU EDISON TO KIR. IHSU1L: I sun. coins to Ogden to-night to stay-.
If there is no objection I want to take
hold of the technical part of the cor.*
corn-. I propose get tins 1500 ton’s :aily
out of that mi lit- Arrange things
cordingly, and telephone reply*. EDISON.
MH» 1HSNLL TO HR, EDISON: I am very glad to hear that you are
going to Ogden-. All matters will be
arranged here to-day, and Perry and
Hart go to Ogden this afternoon. They
trill spend the night in Dover. I pre¬
sume you will also-. Please let. me know.
SAMUEL ‘mSULL,
MS* EDISON TO UR* IM3ULL : I will spend the night in Dover. EDISON.
Yours very truly,
'tone 39, 2QDi,
Mr* ?* f. Gilcieti,
KB»vu(
Dear sir:-
I
thi.3 morning.
to *onA» „* follort^ Ultl?nm sont
»» »PDr to you, „U,r „f a)th
to you
***** ev&yy thing to Ogdop. jyjiGOK.P
Youra trujy,
cj n . .
SoMel Inmai,
f< ' ®* Box $,0 6 7 ,
H«»r York Citjr.
-Sune &>,•
M5r dam* Insull,-
I bMayoar (,««» of 27th lariWfe 4nft.prtnfi
"" that Mp/ Oharlas ,. W««.i. pa^toi.,.* anxioi„ ^
tal" "P “* ", anpinoa. , w* ^
**" "* M- - “» -** «4 ,w,„
that it rood b. a ™„«, « »„,f to =.„tot t** ,w^a.
Poriap iB ovidgntty cr*«W.
Ydufa vary tru2y,
“****■• Boil & Bjgsar,
B * 1 1 • v i .1 i « 0nt!> ^
Canada*
Dear Sira:-
I - -«nr m„h .W%M t„ na. 1Mitr #f mh
Z*~ * th‘ *•”““*“«* —
"Itr" w co1' — - - ‘ - — ■ . -
ZT* M - “”“• — *• *- ».
" • ”” — ■* *« *«>- «**«,
‘ yo”’opini"nt°le «“ “■» — — ««..
7; - — — * ^ «. t
~ *-* ?™ — - *.*■*«.*«.
z ■' *-**-?»> -**~ *»,.,«*
Slble ““Position Of the proper ver\, -
rnirrVit v VlaW> *“» P*W «etib,
» *~w* I *ave ** tt> 3ay in ,Wto ^ ^eftW
^ ^ *“ t!“ ^ With your «*. Bell •«»* **
»C *. and to the but until the WceijAt
z rr*^ *** — *** - '
“*• ,h“‘ **» 6b''»« «« w tet in «„ „„,
% tt i!a.t , >tow^ „y^
tfvino 50,
-’vk< fi.ii':,. Boll ft Biggar,
to you upon this- subject without ^ *„*, t0 elicit any info*.
mati0r‘ °-*a dBfiniw oharaotor« «i 5 iWci' tte th£t
Mr. Be.U's engagement* wore such that he had not tine to Give
att.,Irtion to the natter, I would like.to meet pome one represcnt-
1I,B th9 °°!itr01 of the Mt'mora Property^ if auch a person exists.
The conditions will admit »of the bond-holders real i sine some small
fraction of their expectations, which, I take it, is better than
nothing: but unless I can wifchin 4 v01y short time e»t*r into come
tangible negotiation, I shall .be compelled to drop the matter en¬
tirely,
• Youira very truly.
Private Secretary*
Juno $0kth, 1891.
Samuel Ineuli,
Mison Building, Broad St.,
Now York City.
Dear sir;-
*'*•'* °"H” n»»p»E, Awt
you to-day by Mr„ Bdtsonr
•la tho letter to accompany Duplicate
Cylinders all right? Would, l^e to shin
i%<!^rirf^h+&ld ^ipi,^oU °*3evt there P
”* margin to pay the Jive (rfnti extra
™»«*' «■*•<>. *£» hTS*M?5,
-f-- cylinders. W* ai«e losing a trade
net us thousand dollars W
1 10. 000) a year hy the delay. BieJJe
Xours very truly,
Private Secret fury ,
June «J0, '91i
Major S. 3. Eaton,
Edison Building , Broad St. ,
New York City*
Dear Sir;*-
X beg to refer to you the enclosed- Ibttier received by
Mr. Ediaon fron a Hr. James H* White, of. Port tfuron, Michigan, in
regard to the foreclosure of a mortgage on property upon which
Mr. Edison's father holds * second mortgage. «r* Edison would
like you to look into this mater and report t o him in -.regard to
it#
Yotwty vaiy thuiy ,
Tooko Straker,, Esq#,
Port Oran, J,
July 1, ,089 V
Boar Sir{«
I am vary much obliged for your letter of *7*fo
and for the pass over the road of the Morris Co, Sotftnatfl -ouoao.wm
therein.
We shall not bid up the price on Green Pond. She .mine is
not very suitable for- our purpose, and I do not think -Senator .
Jones is negotiating for it* We have made a survey .and .find .some
fair shoots at Green Pond*
Y ours very truly-,
'JJAly 3,, lfip'1}.
Major S« 3» Eaton,
Edison Building-,. Broad St-.,
New York City*
Dear Sir:-
Your letter' of 25th ultimo, in regard to the Chandler
Mortgage, was duly received.. Mr. Edison desires you to represent
him in any foreclosure proceedings which may bo instituted in t'hi<
connection* He docs not wish to bid for the property-.
YoUrs truly-, '
220
Mr* E» Bia^draann,
Hotel d u Lao,
Geneva, Switzerland-.
With reference to your letter of £>th ultimo, iMr*
Edison cannot entertain the proposition Contained therein.
The phonograph in Europe is Controlled by the Edison United
Phonograph Co*, Northumberland Ave«, London, 'W* Cv, England*
Private sec ret aw*
Mr. if. ,K. smith,
N. W. H. & h. Ro'S. Co.,
New Haven, Conn.
July 3, 1891.
Boar Sir!-
Your letter of 27th ultimo, in regard to trouble which
you are experiencing with your phonograph, is before me.
We have had phonographs hare in the Laboratory which have
, aCtBd “ a lnani19r 3inilar ^ that which you describe. Mere are
| several ways of remedying the defect, some one of which we hive
generally found to be effective. One is to change the polarity
of the battery. This you can do by simply, reversing the connec¬
tions.- Me trouble referred to occasionally exists in a phono-
K™ph that has l‘oori u*»d a BWat deal and which runs vtey easily;
w,d on investigation we have found3' thaMthe^.naohine has not had
enough shunt on it. Mis can be determined by breaking the con¬
tact ct the shunt and running the phonograph without any shunt at
8l"* I:C y°u "nd that thin eliminates the- defect, the remedy is
to pfre in more .hunt. If Me foregoing suggestions do not moot
^ 15088 ' thB. tr°Ublft KUSt b'e caused by a bai contact somewhere.
r° iox<T>>i>1£ toove are no slipping- of belts etc.
i Steel Co.,
0* Fa It, on, Sup 5 1 » ,
Steelton, Pa*
elj’ sent to you further patterns for larger
30 good as to givo us sample rings of the san
Gt/i/vd''
teaij h Send them here at the same time
Schenectady, and oblige
Youra truly,
. EDISOH MBOR/.TOKY
A. £<•
6th July, 7*891,
.O-tolt, .Esq,, President,
A, Bo Dick Company,
Chicago, Ilia’,
Dear sirs-
i -veg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter .of .
24th ultimo, in which you quote an extract fttan a letter that you
have received from Mr. J. lewis Young, of J*ndon, England. In
reply I beg to jay that the statements made by Mr. Young" a:re, so
far as I am concerned, entirely gratuitous and unauthorized.
During the yea* 1889 I gave a license to your Company 'per¬
taining to the sale of mimeographs in foreign countries, the
teems of which were exclusive, and in which your rights are mily
set forth. ’
Mr. Young's statement to the effect that he regards himself
and those interested with him ha having, an absolute right to sell
a copying apparatus called the Edison Mimeograph, 1 cannot regard
as serious or earnestly intended, for the reason that Mr. Young
must be aware that I have never authorized him to use by name i
ary connection whatsoever, and he certainly ought to know tte
wil . not, pesmit him to make an unauthorized use of it.
Yours very truly,
isCt,
30th June, 2891
% dear Mr. JCrupp,-
,arll„ t. Ab’'”,0° h°“ W9'r»‘« ■»
^ ~ - “* — jz ■
,o„ „:r *• ^ ^ ^ ~ ^w.
'a good enough t0 send ,
ly nTl- • . d vrh^(!'h r8«ch°d Ojr' Lancia safe
iy and an perfect condition t
deal of m ^ ** Gift ^ ^
al oi pleasure, apd your
rn your *ipdne»s in presenting it to me ia
r B“r~a- ^
“ ia *h- -•
•• «» «,.» ««, yoar,ere, _ 4 aoat
r nr «■*—.
« ji * “*“*■ ^ -i61n.
..rrr^-1 •— - ~
r;i: r- — - — ~ ^ _
r-om no °n« but Xrupp.
assured, *r dear Mr. Krupp, that x win ^ ^
J«2y 7., 1891.
W« S. Peril', Ea/jo, Secretary,
Edison Ore Milling Co., Limited,
Edison Edg., Broad. St., New York City.
Dear SirS-
Xhe Edison Ore Milling Co. is indebted to Mr. Edison
for the sum of $37,012.82. Mr. Inaull infbnned ma that he had
arranged, or wished me to arrange, for a demand note from the Ore
Milling Compaty for this amount. The. balance is struck to June
1st. Will you please have the note prepared, and as further bi'A®
are rendered from time to time, we will aerfct&e- them in the sam.£
way. i
Yours vary truly,
■'VA
, Private Secretary.
M Th« North
Company,
■8 Butldina
I beg to hand you horavrith bills for experiments
onduct ad in my Laboratory in your behalf from October. 1890 to May
1801, inoi^mvo, amounting to *11, 078.60, which have bean
prepared in accordance with the terms of the contract between your-
selves and me, under date of Ootaber 1st, 1890.
yours vary tru3y
N. J
Dear SirS-
tolophonod
• & Penn' a. Concent ratine Wdvka,
New York City.
I beg to confirm the following message which was
to you from the laboratory -Hi is morning
'Mr. Edison is ln a great 'harry for the arc light
plant ordered for Ogden. They have plenty of
wire, at Ogden. Therefore do not aend any with the
plant. A. 0. Tate."
Yours truly.
Private Se^?ff^ary.
, fuly 10, 91.
Mr. Georgo P. Atwood,
c/o N. J. & Penn'a.' Concentrating. Norks,
Ogdennburgh, M* J.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith a sketch of thfl 300 Ji. p. Condenser,
with relation to which you addressed a letter to c)ur Pattern leaker.
The drawing shews that the -upper part of the Condenser is to be
wade of wrought iron or steel .plate, and a broken section is- also
shown. Thdre are no figures for height. Hour do you want this?
In connection with this, the Phonograph ffotfks inform us that
they are unable to oast so large a pattern, for ihe -reason that
they have not the facilities to handle the cores.
Yours truly.
EDISON IiAfeORATORY
JW JMH.
Vf. 3. Per*#, Ptoq,, f reader,
,U*# f Prsflftr & 3?ertn ' a. floncentrating Tfork^,
H*V Yo&k City.
Dear Si)S.J"
I (jnolnaq hero with Ur. jpaig^nW <^^e.to the ord<?i?
of the R. tf. & pa, 0. Wtp», foi| §3,239.31, whf?h, to<jethpr with
the check for $1,00Q tent to yoji recently and the amount due by
your Company for experiments conducted durinc April and May,
$2,500 .09, covers the two calls Upon the unpaid capital stock of
your Company, duo 10th Juno and- 7th July:, respectively.
$3, 239.91
l,O00-.OD
July 11, jfrax*
&«B. Mgris.on, Esq., Secretary,
^tliqOn United Phonograph Co-. ,
Millo Bdg. , Now YoVk City;,
Sear Sir:-
I beg to inform you th^t work in connection with now
tools i8 well under way. I spent thin morning at the Phonograph
Works and find that they are employing as many hands on these
tools as i3 possible. It has been found that many of the old
tools .-can, by slight alteration, he adapted for the new phono¬
graph, and wherever it is possible to make such a change as this
it is being done, which of course means a saving of considerable
money. I beg to assure you that w will pay every attention to
this work, so that it may be collated at the Surliest possible
moment «
Yours vfeiy thtfly.
Secret aiy?-*'— '
'July *1, 23JU.
I spent part Of t&is moraine at the Phonograph
Stei^« Ballot ia :in Philadelphia, whew |je has gone to make some
PtpMuhaoao fox* the Cihuient rating Worka. Out of a pay roll of
nearly seventeen hundred dollars only $113 have been spent in
connection with mpmifactuy© of new phonograph tools. . I think •
Ballou hap op idea that there are not going to be any phonographs
built when these- tools are q omple tell, t and therefore there is no
'reason why they should be hurried* Unless you want me particu-
larly in Hew yorfc Monday Morning, 1 shall go tv the Phonograph
Works, as Ballon will be -th-ere then, >acdii S. -qan ixavestigatre this
matter thoioughly with hinv. •
TUhUe 1 vfos isa the shop .1 lotiftett into the matter of the
manufacture- of the Batps machines 'and tfool3. .1 understand from
the foreman of the machine sl/bp that they art Jgeing to maitb <up a
list of the tools that fare already macit) end pf those whf'Lch 'Have
yqt to be made* I tried to get some idea of what th*y fhad.on hand
tp represent the lhrge amount of mo'ney that has beon ap ont in this
connection, but their lists tt;er£ noit emagilftted.
Thera was a balance against the Jtonparty on the first of
the month of about $3,4pfr. The pay rofe averages about \3'3P per
3bpw?1 Soatrli, Saw *8- tfUl/ 11, yigi|
w»dfc« £h» roan in dftaitee of the Vrotfk B&itt ha til id not ihjtnfc trir
Sf^»Ea h&vd anjf Odmplatjjd machines tofrtyro lipnths,
Ww shQWtd ti& tha hetf lyiee B6o}c that thj»V have eottjsnnp
£w ^fep- poHto -A»«^ioan SS.'o.nQGrapfc- Oompanr* it is ip ax^lle*
»h»pft aiyl the rH^os are fa ^rty <jo*p«t«rt>
She pqorwtq, Vhich the}'1 are £o$iii*6 out £ oK Ati^pr Batonutf-®
■&«$*$ pushed no ftpAaiy .as poaolble. I think fhoi* no dtfbt
Vill bo able ty hand ft; e?|e ,in eone Alima next weoJt, Alqo ^he
hills fror) the h^bOi*at°?f •
y-cntra ve.’zf truly.
Spndl irraVia,
. ?, 0. 3tox 3G6^» JJOV
3* Bo*l A Bigger,
Jviljf 13, 1891,
5!MyinC tC y"r !stt" «' ““ *«*«, !».„»
tnat y"' *° r“""be’' >«*« ™ correspondence »ith ™
1 *« t. advise rw tbM w Iim
*“ *“**“4 »V— *>» **■ »— T. MW, and™. ac-
«*■* ^,**0, as a Petals fbr yom.
°” **" 10th' "* “* 30*“ 01 ^wxr, rna nh'« ■
■■'*br»uar>: of* *feh#» T
', " 1 trm ,w firm, »
""*1" i"orai“i°”' -»« wi, ho.ovor, incos*l,te,„
If a tenable orrans,s»,, comd bo M4. ,lth th, ^ ^
*"•"* * tte “"-H-ted w, Mi»i^
*"*•“* ‘hat “’"•fUMi.n.ta to do some .orb
J1'‘' H" !'“ «» ■*»» f»«f. »d during the pas,
- <* ™ report upon th.d, »i these
^•;».o,rtor „f «,< t0 b9 ^ ^
- d, I.i. bs a w of monoy; bot by tile exercise of
•Wothst *»h tie application of Mr. Edison*., rold pro-
1891.
r/ouhl V; bott-r fi-om the bond, -holders' point of view than its
:iW 8*“8‘ 1 ^opo«, loasirif; the property
■^on a. minion yearly guarantee, the 1 bond-holders to have a defi¬
nite 1—ntage of the net r, of its, but ,,t to be liable in the
ani l0Ba* Hr* •!'""llson at firat to| idea of taking up
the bonds, if they could bo had at a fraction of their face value,
but this arrangement would involve the investment of more money
than the prospects warrant. Before making a more definite pro¬
posal, I mat know that Messrs. Rhodes and Stevens' are in a po¬
rtion to enter into such a contract. I am, of course, aware
that they represent a large number of bonds and feat their in¬
fluence must therefore be strong with the rest' of the holder,* of
! a90Witi°8’ bUt 1 d0 »* hnow whether they have an actual
majority, and that .this majority would permit them to lease the
property* mil you kindly give me, this information? ,1 think it
b° d8Sirable ^ to communicate with them, aaking if '
they would entertain a proposition en the lines which I have sug¬
gested, unless you arc sufficiently well informed of their views .
to answer for them. If . any t - ang is done it must be arranged at
oe cause in addition to the restrictions of a Canadian winter
"•tn :-,Sr;*ct to this class of work, Mr. Edison has interests else¬
where i .at will soon absorb all his attention, when, it will be
ir:. . 8*v#|| for me to rer.ew this subject vrith him.
Yours vary
Dear SirJ-
I encloso herewith press copy 0f a letter under date
July 9th received far. me Tran Mr. W. S. Perry, Secretary of the
Edison Ore Milline. Co., Limited, in regard to that Company's
indebtedness to Mr. Edison, and the issuine of a deibmd note in
payment of the same. It would seen from Mr. Perry's letter that
the settlement of this matter in the manner indicated now rests,
with your 3e If. ’
sag
July V&t 1891.
Major S. B. Eaton,
Edison Buildinc, Broad Street,
Jlew York City.
8. Prop.,,. Suit to s.,«. Tltto t. Slamv Sp JB
Ir“'- . “ *h” *" — *» *™.4 "
ln ^ " ’*> i~«an«, *. Mlso„
th, toooud, to..*, to tototon. to. Aim*.* of ouit ,„u
” 6,4 our fac4s- »• w »o t, thi{j oouuo,. '
Yours vyary truly,
July 16, 1891,
Dear Hr'. Edison,-
Your loan of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars
with the U. S. Trust Company must be attended to by this' 25th of
,this month. Perry has interrogated them, anti they ave willing to
renew it for six months at six per cent, or- they will renew for
four months at 5 \/l%. It is not desirable to renew the note for
four months, because that will make it fall du« in November, ' which
considering your present obligations would be most inconvenient.
Shall I tell Perry to arrange, for the a ix months renewal? If so
just mark 0. K. on this letter and send it back tr» ae.
Yours very
July 16, 1891.
Vf. S. Perry, Esq., Secretary,
Edison Ore Milling Co., Limited,
New. York City.
Dear Sir:-
X beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
■ . •
9th instant, advising me i-n> regafc&..t.e< a Resolution of your Board
of Directors at 'a meeting held in December last, in regard to
issuing a demand note to Mr. Edison for the amount of his bills
against y6ur Company. I spoke to Mr. Insull about this matter
yesterday and he said that he would certify the bills which we
have rendered. These are all in your hands, and I wish you would
presait them to Mr. Insull at the earliest possiblo moment and
forward a demand note as soon as you possibly can.
Yours very
Private Secretary.
July 16, 1891,
i ' '
f
( My dear Mr. Wiman,-
Major Raton has referred to me your letter of
7th instant.
1’here has never been any trouble with the Separators at Ogden.
| }■ We i0 not .lose onertenth of what lleckscher loses in his tailings,
j Magnetic Separators are the least part of the problem of crushing
2,000 tons of or# in twenty hours.. The trouble is the Crushing
plant and the training of men. '
Yours very truly,
i
Erastui: Wiraan, E3q.,
#314 Broadvray, New York,
July 16, .1891.
Philip S. Dyer, Esq.,
Rue Osy 43" Antwerp, ?elg ivtm.
I have your letter of 4th instant addressed to Mr.
Edison, in regard to the liquidation of the Gon'l. .Zinc Recovery
and Lighting Co., Limited. As soon as Mr. Hendersoh is in a po¬
sition to discuss terms, we will be very glad to be advised of the
arrangement which he would be willing to maJce.
Mr. Edison, as you know, is not at all favorably impressed
with storage batteries, and I do not know that it will be possible
to interest him in this particular instance. Your Antwerp office
sent us a translation of a letter from Dr. De Lalande, asking Mr.
Edison t® take up his Acoun*ulator for the United States. Mr.
Edison is at present away from home, but I am obtaining full infor¬
mation upon the subject, which will enable me to place the natter
intelligently before him upon his return. Personally I am very
anxious to get oontrol of a good 3eooudary battery, as I believe , I
it. would assist the development of our primary battery htisiness, M
i the same way that the alternating an
l arc light/^to^^ot j
i 1 am able/rts /irffjldn! ou J
■ will do so. Yours veiy truly, •
July 16, 1891.
Philip S. Dyer, Esq.,
Antwerp, Belgium.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
SOth ultimo, enclosing translation of a lettor from Dr. Felix de
Lalande, in regard to accumulators. Kindly inform the Doctor
that we are looking into this matter* and as soon as we are fa¬
miliar with the present situation, we will communicate with him
through yourself. .
Yours very truly, ,,-
Private Secretary
July 17,
I'J'tiiis Honorable,
1’ivj Postmaster' General,
Washington, J)«, C.
Sir
I beg to inform ydu that during the' past eighteen months,
the Nov/ Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Y/orks, of. which 1 am
President, has established .at Ogden, N«„ J,4 a mill for the cancen-
tration of iron ores, which gives employment to some three hundred
(300) workmen, who with their families constitute a comparatively
large population.
A branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey terminates at
our door, and their service at present consists of .three passenger
trains per day. :
The correspondence of this Compaq is extensive find important,
and is dependent upon the Post Office at Ogdensburgh, N. J.., which
is distant throe miles from our mill., The delays, to which we are
compelled to submit in consequence of this inconvenient arrange¬
ment are seriously detrimental to our business interests, and I
therefore respectfully suggest to you the desirability of estab¬
lishing a Post Office at Ogden. Our position there is permanent.
Si* ’.ts scope will increase from year to year, and I sincerely
Tha Poat^stej* General. -2- July 17, 18£ft«
request*
ihould ray proposition moot v/ith your favorable consideration
I wil be glad to name a reliable man for the position of Poat-
ma-bor, if by doing so I can assist you, and meanwhile 1 beg to
rmain
President
N. 'J. & Penn' a. Concentrating Y/orte
July 18, 1361,
IT. It. afeith, Baq* , C. t. D.,
H. K* H. & «. R. R. Qo.,
new Hayen, . Conn*
Dear SArS-
Tfour letter of 4th instant, has 'rahsinc d unansv.s
owing to my absence. ,
1 boliovo tho jroason for the change produced by reversing
the batteiy is attributable to the weakening of the field magnet
poles in the motor, since the residual magnetism of the previous
current wotild ndw b« in Opposition to the direct magnetism of
the now curreni. jfyig is the moat reasonable explanation I can
oifer^o^jh^ ^Ta^e^me for thO resistance of. the g6rtnan-silver
shunt in a previous letter* The resistance of this shunt .iB one
Oha. Tho 'resistance of the fi^ld is 1*64 ohas; and of the ama-
tiwp .255, wi$i th»- brushoa on tt^e- bar* . ..
Yuliys ve*y trUlr*
July 2b, lS9io
Mh. ■?» Muller,
Sotteville - ies_ .Rouen,
Franca,
33«ar SirJ-
With reference to Mr le.ftev .of '8th instant aafires^a
to Mr* Edison,, with relation to it is KiltefOGRAPH, I .beg to initem
you that we no longer make our ovJn emulsions for 'use in- connection
with that Waratus, and consequently have stopped using gelatine
in any forau ’
Tours very truly,
?vily- ap* 15591*
.Ts)in Kruno i. Esq,, Gan*!,. Man/j
E A i a o n G a n 1 2o R 3. .? p -t $ i p C' o*.,
Hey/ Yor>, (it-iy,
Dftar Sir;-
Will you please inform f.w> were yon- obtain thy
coatings which are use** for ;yow -.taa-Lley .vttipeJ? We are .abont 8»
raaice half a dozen flipping C omp as so 8., and wish th.em to ,bo composed
of as light a material as possible*
Vtmrs truly.,
EBI.SOH :L A B ;0 U £JL.. R-Y~ -
July '21, 1891ft
Philip S. Dyer, Esq,,
Rue 0 s y 4 3 2,
ANTWERP, Belgium,
Dear Sir:-
• I enclose herewith for your {information co-py of .a
letter under date July 18th received by Mr» Edison from .Messrs-
Dyer & So oly, with relation to the letter of fir. cte Iialmde, i:
regard to his Accumulator, translation of which you sent to us
short timo ago,
Youbs> very truly,
Private Secretary,
Now York, Ju,ly 18th, 1891.
h
Thorn a A. Edison, Esq. .
Dear Sir:-
Wo have your letterof the 16th instant, enclosing
translation of letter from Dr., do Lalande. . Wo find that Blatter,
,laS °btflin0d 8 Pat0nt Whioh 3eoms substantially for the samc
invention as the patent of de Virloy and others referred to by Dr,
haiande, and we judge from this that Blatter* .has had an interfer¬
ence with tjiis patent which has been decided in his favor. We '
liav° sent to Washington to have the matter investigated and will b
able to report to you more fullly in a day pr two.
we have ordered popies.of the patents in question for you.
Yours truly.
( Signed )
Dyer & Seely..
GoMj 3/^'
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tidAlM^r- , ?£**&■ <*wC«*s* ^-^u-^'-e—
Mr. H e i 1 ra a n , Manager,
The Eden M use e ,
Nev 7 York*
Dear. Sir:-
Porrait mo to Introduce to you Mr. Walter B. Miller,
one of mi' Phonograph Experts. I da si re to obtain a few phono¬
graphic ro cords of the Band now performing in the Eden Musee,
and would be much obliged if you would kindly permit Mr. Miller to
take a phonograph to your establishment and secure the records..
In doing this he will not Cause the musicians any inconvenience-.
Any courtesies which you may extend to Mr. Miller will be much
appreciated by
Jujiy 22, 1891 1
R* Mead, B3q. ,
#240 Main Street,
Orange, N. " J.
Dear siri-
Ih reply to your note of this morning J »eC to say
that I havo never had an opportunity of reading the deed of .
Watchung Avenue.' If you will submit tone a copy of this deed,
so that I may familarize myself with its provisions, it will re-
solve inniodiate consideration, but until this is done 1 can make
no arrangement in regard to executing it.'
Yours very truly,
4^"
Private Seq’y,
>?.!?„, mo I,*
4* Verne.,
Cie * Continentals Edison,
Paris, Prance*
Saar gir:**
. ‘ b'C ‘0 “”i““ **>• <* »«• «MW «•
21at instant, reading:
Do you intend corning here? VBRflEf "
“ b« .0 co„„m w ^ cabled t0 r„ to-Oa,. a. folloMS
Yours truly,
Samuel Inaull,
Dear
Re the attached latter fPOm ti» I>, Smyth, Ho* 241 South
pifth a^Meti ?hlladalphl?v. iSriSf'th t^iphbnod to Mr> Ware the
other day from New york, aekine .if th? Phonograph Work a would
build a coin-slot-raachina for -him, which is designed to release
>apor and an envelope. Re states tl'^t ha will, udei
largo numbers of these,, but ias
Please advise
YQurs
Private Seurat 9 3
July 23, 1891,
Ma^for S. 3. Baton,
Sdison Building, Broad St.,
Wow York City.
Dear Sir:-
I one loss herewith two agreements between 2. A«. Edison,
Felix de Lalande, and Georges Chaperon, dated, respectively, SdtlU-
August, 1839, ai,id April 8th, 1890. The latter provider for the
payment to lalande of a royalty on colls 30ld by Mr. Edison in
the Dominion of* Canada, Republic of Mexico, and fbreigm cointriod .
The first agreement provides for a minimum royalty of ^2,000 per
year on cells 30ld within the United States. The loyalty on
foreign aale.'S 13 s.oparato and. nust be paid in addition to thfa
minimum guarantee - act least 30 1 interpret the contracts. Now
I want to know if we sell to the E. S, Greeley Company, for
instance, ‘in New York Oity, and Greeley exports the cells to
Mexico, must we account Under the contract of August 24th, 1839,
or Under the contract of April 8th, 1890? In other words, would
that constitute a aalo by Edison in the 'United States or fx_. aai4>
by him in Mexico? We make -sales to Greeley now, and h^can
pose of the batteries in the United States or in certain South !"
American countries, as he pleases to. Wliat I want to know ia, ;
Majors. B. Baton.
whjt ho;*' dftjoloy would, in tho eyod oi* tho law, consider^ a
AsdSm, oi- whether our rseponaibility ceases whan we im>.e sdloa
to him in New "York? Lalarstte has no patent® in’ any of' the' cp un¬
trios which I haye in mind.
private Sec’y,
My dear Loguo,-
I have your letter of 21st instant, in regard
*° ”* ”3tias "f of * « «l*»s woial to
*“* matter now, «* by m.M^ the aims shorter and thiokor, „
baliavo » eon avoid tho tronbls in ^ ^
.0. right abort the oil. Bof.ro introdnood oil „ had idr
*"’•** th“n " "* ■*>*»»• »'• I ttink it ,„it, probable
that tin last lot of on w go. .as no. a. g^d as pravions sap.
rlios which we have }iau. i am flad to imnw +v,„+ a.,
am „a.aa. to know that the cells which
you have sot up on signal work are doing- so well.
Yours vary truly,
■The 'Wayne Hotel j
Det. ro it , M i ch i gan »
Philip s. By:
Antwerp, Belgium.
•I enclose
deceived from Messrs,
patent on an aiectroc
latter which y,g hava
i’!’" 4 s'“y’ “ ■» W-. Stet«w.0
’ *>* nmtan battapioa, , al„ ^
,W. »pa«lrt.aiio„, fotoS,B pai.t of
’braa!"-rM*h’ >WWw
W“r<,"asM” *° "■ 0« talSM.,' It
you copy of.Mr. _si;
Patent Ifo. 445,104,
submitting all this
anything now towards recovering
Perhaps hr. de Inlands may
invention of Be:
something
Vours
Private Sde1
"I have examined the price? on oil stjihnfitt-ed by JiaJte
Brothers, and they comparo fuvprsbly with.prjods va
are paying. Vo have sufficient of this material now
on hand to last us »qre than a rftonth* fljur t}$pi«ea$>
suggests that before giving on order to Jfi sites grothtttffl
they should be required to submit ^arrjplafl of their
good3, for tbs reason that a gy^at deal of trouble tn^l
annoyance have been experienced in the pact With bad
gilded of oil. That which ar*e uOipg now 1« giVihti
greater satisfaction than was, vm case with <S#y
previously usod, and is piore. economical il#
fins lubricating quality, WhiOh jwriuitd of %
used over and over sjgain# •< /y
Votirs truly, 'H
4m
Cloc?«
toi’y, numbered
>3pectivsly 7044
repaired,
ware in your hands S
•hout the ol(
a«coinaodati
manna:
appreciate it
uld oblige
HI
I®
Heniy Wohlo, Esq, , '
Room 73, Pulitzer Building,
In vep-ly to your letter of 21, t instant to a,,
..I Ms to «, th»t i» „nr UUe
- ha», ,« 00, tho*,^, ho„o„M„ „ *. tM
row «ttet. of », Wooteo i» «*,' '
Private Secretary*
j: • -
te
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liftl
ift
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) l;fl
■mxa yoa J»r.»sth „„ or .
my repay,
Your3
tmay
Priyati
a1*
f»<|- 1-0* <!»>'.
MSW at 4., 8<1„ „
■nstf York, .July £1, '1391. ’
Thomas 4* Ediaon
Uanlo Park, K, j.
1 .
fe,
1
Pfc :
III
|4 ■’
Mr" 0®a*«Mi«her, a ’-Proses snot* ml«r at 76 'Bw^an
Street, was victimised by a. Miss McBea ttirot^a the .us a rof :yuur
mm . Hi isa Mo Re a has an office In ftfae told Build-ins and pub-
?a?8r Call8d "" «* wsr.aan.tofl Van. ffina-
** °h9P that yott ssva^i AoawTOUcw
invention a* the w ,ld ,ei^ ^ ^ ^ ^
•x coira into heated in the owas-ship of the papas.
the.,, -Plantation, „ ,bteiw.d ^0in Hls ;0ester>.
neicher, work anonntin, to ^ thrive dollars,. . '
On bohalf of Mr, Oeota-^ci >
l»r 1 would desire to , ask .the
question whether you know this todv ,,'
-Udy at -all and what if .right
she had to make -use of your naa.
.««• aa». a ,mii ,ro... i
"• is i„ circuit®*, md ■ ■ ;■ '
*“‘u oan afford
to MS «*,w »* . aiss ««« A™, ;MU Ur
**»• •>— « *' — »»>■*.«. **
W «*» *»» St„tea „ W* i!lwitlm
to cheat him os not-.
\ Very Sespeetmiy yours,
(SisU) HENHY^WEHlfit
fifth Sti'oe-
Phila delphia , Pa .
ve been advised by the Edison Phonograph Works
»t you telephoned than the other day fr„ ,&±ns fc(B
they .mid build for you a coin .lot mohine .hioh .a, deeien-
to re lease a eheet of paper .* „..lope. Before „■ o.a
■elder thie propo.ltion intelligently, i, „ai „eeee..ry fo,
to know exactly Where you would require manufacture to be carr
Our factory is fully equipped for this class of worv »
fuLl infoiration
the subject, I will
rith you furthe
You're truly,
to acknowledge 't>
•undor
Lve'd your letter to
•etsponderice to Mr. Jolasi
*aph Company, iHew .York, which
Company .
: nti On of the Company
•'merit;
onogrrlp h '
irrevt the a?;
i lain, dhaa-
the United C-:
st ion over the
action in the matter wit:
“at- i ora. I tltust
,• Private Secretary.
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July 2&, 1(391.
H. Wa^ii Iaonard, Esq,., G&n'l. Manager,
“sM & Power Dap'*., Edison Gon'l. Else. Co.,
Now .York City .
Defer Sir:-
In reply to your last letter cm' the subject of MrT
Edjaon'a sml} eorupi»sitec frame arrnature ifcn motor, I bag- ttj say
" ''fcha't *aa not intend ad for revdtvins When 'it worked, bi£ only '
for. bains aisaped at any suitable petition toVwvw its broeaq,
the bet scS-etc boingattaohed for tha,t purpose.
Tte have rqCeiVOd a Wfcstinghq^i f alternating volt meter and
ampere meter. Shis, With the apparatus of the game kind from the
national Company, will probably b 9 that « shall require in
that Ttey , but I would suggest that , while not absolutely necessary,
itould is vary desirable at the present time for: the Laboratory
receive samples of opposition Qomp antes' trans formers to test
' their- efficiency, we rnt» a V^ngm* SO lighter §nd 10 '
aQCe3S at present to q t.h, 15 lights* rt
***.■* ** *«<* one or two transire
ib largsy sizes, to find out htnr Mr. Edison’s will oontfare'sHih
thorn in efficiency. Yours very truly, ’
ARTHUR E. mB-lE^Y.
Mr. George S'. Atwood,
N. J. & Penn-1 a. Concentrating Works,
* Ogdenoburgh, N. J.
The casting of the 300 h« p. Condons'or is, finished,
but it docs not look good. It ’has three defeats, as follows:
1. There i3 ai small piece out5' of flange.
8. S small b.how hole in other flange.
What will- you do with this casting? Accept - it, or have : them
make a new casting;! In order to make -a new casting it will
necessary to ravish tie whole pattern.
• Smyth, Bag. ,
Wo* 241 spttth
Fhila^phia, pa.
« ««■ instant,, I »„ t0
"* ’tesi®‘ a^Mn, •»* oa m deaoribo,
Winit. «ta., of „ mMd
you trould plaoa „ „Pa„ . /
aay %at wa could dotrbtl S3 s <
but be fora wa could giv«J you
squire to fcmwrho*** ^
Yours
Major a. B. Eaton,
Edl30n Bui a dins. Broad stroat,
Eav York City*
■< .. *. *«»«» .«*„■ a„lr„
™ZT**h “,s “ Wte -w*.
I ~r: *? ^ w - - — ■ —
was «*rw,rdad to n* ror a **<1 «hit>h
“~‘y^ —
«*«- to ^ • it J**9 ***** *m ,
» ***»» — uZ‘JZ TJT**
all right for ths Edison .Ph d,3ad,• Is -‘S* •
*« «* ttPls ^*'*^'7* **• ”**•:*'■»'■**-
00 mLlch 'ORpree 'iatecl-, '
Yotfrs
J3 R. Lombard, Baq., VicO-ProsidAnt,
North Amor loan Phonograph company/
New Van R City,
^‘u »*• wda aw-an^mqnta .for t*
'*“* W 1*“* * «—• A, ytm . nombo„
W W Mm*. «, ®xio« to' rtrt*. « v „„ ^
MM3V 1?. », too, *«, W. oih Wo*,*, thtun" I Vll advtoo «ti
Private Sooritary.
A. P. Baher, Esq.,
57 Deansgate,, MANCHESTER,
You? lot-tor of 12th instant addressed to Messrs.
Edison &• Co., has been received at the laboratory. Immediately
upon its receipt wo referred it to Mr. Wi, J, Hannwr, who had en¬
tire charge of Mr. Edison' s Paris exhibit The following is what
Mr. Haiimer 3 ay 3 in regard to the account' referred to in your
letter, and. inasmuch as ho does not approve! the bill ire cannot
"Ify impress iOn • of" the enclosed (your , letter) is that he ha3
no. claim in tho least. He agreed tf> furnish certain pic¬
tures, of the Edison Display fpr use in Offioial Album Sto*
but dillyMdallied so long, went off to Manchester and else¬
where, leaving the Atorh in the lurch, (id the samples fur¬
nished were, not as agreed, and I co UntiWmand e d the order
And. notified him I had given thd worh to. another concern in
u3* rfA lorie after, Baker's man name around apblo-
giaing &o. and I told -him it wab all his own no gloat and ■
• car si a s an 0 sa that hi), lost the Order. Subsequently =he sent,
though he, said nothing about it gfc the time and
•W ■ dbe the few platfcs, he made and they wore not
vt a"d ad ^ Entirely, negwotad the job, I un sure
liS Ixitt M olaifnj tiT& raakas is ridiculous* "
cretavy .
July -50,, *39%:
!to «u.sn Ansjrt'ftju Oo., Iiimitod,
Nof 35 Wqrjt 33rd St,, Now Yo-J: City,
B««r Sira:-
Mr, Edison ha a ask'd m to thank yon for ywr
"*•— 4 ■*w “ *» '<• i« W M «u»t «■
”* **» M. »t»t for s*TOtoto * '
MU> . liTltoWM. woords „» ^ ^ •
W= Mi at, « 0„ w:in,
gust 4th), and if it mil to ontirdly oosuwiioht for vp1?«
orsh«tra to M* to th» StonogrWh on t,.t <*, w Ko, «Wr
H. Millor an b. on ton* *,*»»„. Ploatto
inform Mr. Bdiodn « tto, ** # «,!.), % top,*, «r4 0Mlrt.
tra wUl aanbmbla, and v#*y mti&h oblige
Yoara vp»y trrfcjer,,
SU>
August 1, m9!jl.
James y. Hows, 335,., .GMsi'i. Counsel ,
Chicago, Si, Paul, lj lianeapplie A Omd'ha R'v<, ^p,,
St,. PaaJ , Mp-nn.
f^r, Edison has crj carved you* letter iof '20 th Ultfimo,
in ttleh you -assort W< use of a phonograph on salary loco¬
motives for re-gisterine the sounds produced by bell •«.
When rung or blown, the object ^ to. prove that the i™
requires railway compari
' cause a whistle to be aoundejd 'c
bell to bo rung at hip, Way crossings., }*a been .po^Med -wifth.
. In reply Mr. Bdi?/ on has instructed mo to aw tla.t you do .no'
require a phonogreph to accomplish -this object. An 'ordinary
Watchman' 3 Detector, if placed on engine and connected Wth the
whistle handle, would 3how t
1 sheet of paper the exact tine, at
mioh the Whistle was blown over the whole .route.
Another method would be to .put a devolution Oounfe® on the
_ 1OC0mOUva’ m*ki* the paper -only ^en going iWward, and ton-
• ’ the "hi9tl* •*“*** *> pencil on paper. fhis- wool
Bhow witWn ** e:<act spot where .the .Mat le was blown
t*i»- MMtrf awiaiife m s,,„i ww _
®th ,or 2Wh,:lti„0(
toV° * **■ «»-xA»«i»r.I»r a„p» ,
WMto ~~ **»
lS35’ 1 teS “ ^ —«»«'«»» b no-,,,,,,
^ *«. Room. of Bnj on noon ,laips w, ,„W
1-pn ,* * W«. Componina mont ionod mften Jsa,..
^ SOnB °f th0 We3ton lamps, but tehare ,is- rt0
these, am it .Is impossibla to lamina axaotly
porioa they belong.
quest:
made
August z) 18QX,
•Messrs. Dyer & seoly.
Wo. 36 Wall s t r e a -
New York City .
3«ar Sirs:-
With reforanoo to yo^ lottor Of^Oth ultirao, in
regard to an Interview tfelch yovr Hr. attieoto d*si«B to h*m
^ Mr> Edl80llwith ^l^iont, the Chinnoe* and tooler iW
■“-**«— - « • t,». V ^
“ “ **" “*■> «“« «-> ««« .« .«■«„
M>1 tav" to ta *> .. • fc *
* «- * ** '
ths.ro i3 a Counisaiomr of Coeds. ' •
fbura very truJjr^ '
3, ias&.
Private Sscrutair'.
. kW.
Bear Sir:-
R« Symington lAo-tgage hold by Mr-. Edison1 3 Eatl/ir. '
Mr. Edison th inks that it would bo inadvisable to buy
property upon ’.vhioh thin rroytgdse was takpn in order tp save the
two hundred dollars already invested. There is no uso tlirowinff
good money sifter ba(J.
YoiiTs very truly ,
Major S. B,. Baton,
Edison Building, Broad St r sot,
Mew York- City .
Major s, B, Baton,
August 3, 1391,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
Now York 0 it y •
Doar sir:-
Ediaon PhonogUftph Vor.ko ns W&Jk hung Acinus, 1 *®ve
your lottos- of 30th ultimo gn thid axbjtoui;, 4nd. 1 also saw 'your,
representative Who visited Oiunge -tho other Qay in pojjn8Ct.io;n
with the matter. I undarattodthat pape/rs pi-open? drawn up
will to aont to mcfi for execution.' at an oiirly day. I have no idea
w!ien I will bo able to set a quojrum of t)ifi Boars! of thu . PhonqgM©:
WorJca, and I theri^fcjre . suggested to your w^ios^ritativfi that he
should give ira a draft of r8« oiu' t ion ■« wni'ihftink the ^ ©r -fi*
Company’s Officers in oxecb&ins the d$b taient*
Yours •sSer^ trulyt,
Private Sec'
Augaafc », XB9X»
0. U Smyth,
No„ 241 South lirtii Street,
Philadelphia, Pa,.
Dear Sdr:-
, Haply ire to yota* letted of. 30th ultimo, wo hea to
3ay that vs oa^not undertake to do sigh or manufacture tiff m-
ohinss that you desire, for the reason that the arrangement which
you suggest in connection therewith As • a^ogeilior.
Youra vefy truly,
Edison phonograph works
August 3, 1391.
V/. H« Dean, Esq.,
Room 31, Canada life Building,
Toronto, Canada.
With reference to your recent latteur, jin re »»«•>.
to tha Nickel*- in-tha-Slot Phonograph, Messrs. Holland. Srotims,
of Ottawa, have been appointed by the- North American- Phonogram
Company General Agents for the -sal* <>f the inatruiren* in Canada,
and all business in that territory mat be dond through 'them*
Yours
■ I enclose herewith >>»« “t” 0UbKrt slll<”
W1* at law, #206 Broad*,, Sto To* City, to -*«* *• -
„oirat «•*„«. to* * to**» ««* «• ™GM' **’■*
that to published at Boom 127 Pulitser BaiMini!, »« »* ott”'
under ito Mto. 02 liiaa V, H. HCRae. This iootmal mat
8tartod to to. official o«ah of all to. PhonoeInph Oompaoioa,
„d Mr.'Bdioon . asked to loin - to" «* «•
«* “ ”” srt,OT“ * “*
Mto oa th. 12th of January loot, with a a* tor to.ato~U.toto
of »iob I enclose herewith. »r. Bdi.on did -to. « -*•**•„
for firs oharoa of .took- in MS PHOHOOMM, and on the «h of Haro
ysst sent- hia Shook .0 f* OSOKWto. for *260, to. uadoratanditf
' hjing tint the stool tab to ho ioonod to him at $50 a oharo.
ha* you herewith Miss W. .sknoelearement of this money dot,
**.„ 3th, and ih toto same letter oh. says: ■« soon as the
Major 3. B. Baton,
Edison Building, Broad St.*\
Now York City.
August 4, . 189 1 .
.$•100 each, which will !
' ' WO have waited patier
Aug. 4, IS 91.
b9 th0 » bivalent of his Mb3_
sntly for these shares, but have
.• • . * u“i out n a
!“1V* W MiS3 M0Sae'3 **“* of March 6th ia tha
only acknowledgement Mrs have of +he ' ' 3 ^ '
•Ediqnv. PQyn°nt t0 «* „
2 "" 3iSa9d ~ ~ “ ^ ™n W
— xp in Mi*. Elliott's letter la abattM. gaa w ^
;a*r: 7 — ™ ~ - - ^ aet ^
O Jr. Blliott's letter, but wish that ydtt would * so. '
Private Secretary,
^ If
Thomaa A. Jidison, Saq.f
0 3. d o n s b u r g h , H, j,
August 5, 1891,
Daar Mr, Sdison,-
1 3034 t0 70U *"*“* in regard to
~ ~ UPOn ^
„ , • -*V S lettBr °f ^ inStant* ^ched, i handed 8V*
thug to Mr. Kannelly and had him mite a report, yfaich you w-il
s^y"°l°39d; ?le33e ^ *"* r°Ply «*•> Oyer ;jid
yours truly.
August a, 1991*
Chari® 3 Batchelor, Esq.,
o/o N. Y. Concentrating Work 3,
Edison Building, Broad St. , New York
Mr. John Ott has ra quested me to write to you with
respect to the Balt Machine about which you have been inquiring.
But littlo progress has been made 'with this nachine at the Labora¬
tory Owing to the absence of Mr. Thomas and Mr. Dickson, the
1 f0ttn®r of wh0m i3 W He* Bdisdn at the Ogdon mine, and tb*
latter 13 now visiting the photographic supply houses in Rochester
on business connected with the Kinetogrdph* As soori as the two
gentlemen named return to the Laboratory, the Belt Machine will
bo taken up and work, on it pushed vigorously.
Yours vajry truly ,
k
August 1st, 1891.
New Jersey Phonograph Go,,
H e vi a r k , p , j A
Dear Sira:- ,
"* ha*. ».»» to »« Ji,y .ip..,, a a(^j,e - 00 B01rt01li_
1% .lx h.x.1 W«1 ™„rto( ana ta aavi..
" »"•“* *• «■*“ *W HvWat. quantitiea. -th.
*T *" ;»« tailattnj, Wua«„?, .***, or hoxte*,
Wll bo 35/ for each cylinder* „■
In ordering, ■duplicate records, you will.ploaae place a requi-
aition with the North American Phonograph Company for the Paired
number of cylinder, instructing them to make delivery of same at
this laboratory. Upon receipt of these they will he 'duplicated
and shipped by us in accordance with your directions.
The charge for boxing and packing, as per -sample, will bio as
fbllowa; Small paper stogie cylinder boxes 3 J/s c^nts oaeh;
large box and packing 25 cents.
Should you. send us any cylinders for -the .purposh o'f hpvjlng
^cii' vmottto trims, ferr^ We o«n fumhdh .from .'30 <th ,4tto ^upft'ioatea
of goo^ qUtfiity J*fe pr ifa named hbqye, pro«*aeti :tfte /frtdifoor reach us
in perfect condition and are free from switching*
Attest, @ , 1891,
Rafus Maud, 23sq.« »
No. 212 Main Straot,
Quango, N- $•
Doar Sir:-
I votum hapatfiih tha daud \ihich accomponjad
1st tea* of 24th ultimo, r havo had a nttvr daed pwgarftft and am
having, it Sxacutad. .
Yoiira vc£y twilit.
Private sacra fan*/.
^/L
August 7:, la^X.
Henry Villard, Esq.
New York City
Dear Sir;
Mr, Edison has instructed me to forv/ard to you the
to reimburse you for the subscription
enclosed, chock fo:
his behalf to the Helmholtz 'Eu’id,
Lndly 'made
hich
trouble
Private ^berotary*
Major S. ja. Sat on,
Edison Buil dine, Broj-id St,
received from you a reply t.
limp, with which I sent
Mr. Edison, Pali* do inlands and Gooj
tain questions with relation thereto.
An answer at your oapiy
.11 much Oblige
Private So,
August 11th, 1891.
■P. M. Randall,
Caro of Edison General Electric Company,
Boston, Mas:
Dear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge with very many thanks your letter
'of the 4th in3t. in regard to an interview which you have had with
?Dr« Hutchinson, president of the American Electrical Thorap eutii
sSoeiety. I have this morning received a letter fron Dr. Hutchins cn
and am writing to him fully on the subject of the Edi son-Lalande
Yours truly
Private Secretary,
August 11th, 1891,
phongis R. Lombard, ISsq., Vico Presi(
ogrscph Co., #14 & 16 Morris St. ,
AHR"
Jbna If
^■'*3B2sJ
|3epf Mr. lombard: --
;.apa I have received tills morning your letter of the
7th; inet. enclosing a communication frtm Mr. S. C. Stevenson of
Montreal, which 1 return herewith. I will write you to-night or
tomorrow giving you exact information as to the arrangements I
have made in regard to the exhibit of the Phonograph at the Montreal
Exposition next month.
Very truly yours,
1
42 V*ra d St reet , Hew York .
as XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX August 11th, 1891.
to
. |!I— H • Bio ok . Esa..
!$>' Moscow., Russia.
;t? Dear Sir:-
Your letter or the 10th instant in regard to the
ll^Fourth Electrical Exhibition organized by the Imperial Russian
I Technical Society to be held in St.Petersburgh in September next
|^as been duly received. I regret to say that it will be imprac-
'Viti cable for Mr.Edison to make a display of his inventions for the
...reason that all his exhibit has been disbanded and will not be
^assembled a 9 in until 1893, the year of the World’s Fair at Chio-
^ ag0. 1 think however that it would be practicable for us to nuke
3 an exhibit of the Edison lalande Battery. Our European represent
tive is Mr. Philip S.Dyer whose address is No.34 Victoria Street
„ London, W.C.EngLand, and to whom I have referred this matter.
Mr. Dyer will connonicate with you direct.
Yours
iiy traly;
tVrdapBfjt
': ^M»o-&oXdrB»8M
*»*!«• ,rXi^. 1030
^Xdi£tx» .jib
I . ~tif ■■.Btrmvl})g
J • 0 . l7irfCfXO£UT«XT
xxt » •roya.iM
,h™*“ VI .0-pro.iaont,
>Knh *■**•«'»» wxir.pl, ooopwy,
# 14 & 14 Morris Av«„,
Aug. 18th,
1 ro" ta-”Uh »» « • *««»' ,
T " “ circular which wc
,o th. Phonoar.pn oomp^., ln ,„s„a t0 '
2 s Ao “• - - ,
»■> M Mr. Llppwcott, Moratory Mn» for „u
** ■*" b"n aip.11„
«« U not ..port of tho r.OT1.r phono^h ^
control of ,h. *».0„ «»nosrnph «. ». Eai.0„
,h“‘ * “* -* - I* Moratory lt „„ „
hi, p,r.on.i anporof.^, „ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _
«.«. *.pU..«o., ao that all „„ ^ ^
"* 1'"!0ME *■*-*»• «■ «*• -ry lM,.iy .t„
lnerea.o th.if rovono. from „„
W~*'* *>" « »»* •**» **, ^
* “*’ly “ ""»«* «-• ~ >»*« *
ton. from ^ ^ ^
music, and come of them .have promised to sand US mBOtcl.<' cylinder 0
for duplication. You will observe that the circular attached,
refers to a small weight, which should be attached to the repro¬
ducer weight of the phonograph. .A number of Companies have writ¬
ten to us, asking .if we can supply these weights in quantities;, as
the improvement which they effect in the reproducing powers of the
phonograph, is very crush, and they desire to apply thehl t6 thS
machines that they have in Use. The Edison phonograph Vorko is
prepared to supply these weights upon yOur order, and we will be
glad if you will advise the Phonograph companies whether Or not
they are at liberty to make requisition upon yon for them.
private Seeretaryi
We have sent tb yWt |>y **p?e?p a sample Hs&s* containing nix
Uoxfto duplicated mueieaj. florae,, und beg t« afc^e you that we
ar« prepared to furnish these *n moderate quantities, <fhe charge
for duplicating, not including cylinders, packing or hexing, will
be 39/ for ouch cylinder.
tn ordering duplicate records, you pill please pH ace a requi- ■
sit ion with t|ie North American phonograph Compaq for the desired
■ numtor of eyXHnders, instructing them to make delivery of same at
this laboratory. upon receipt of these they. trj.H toe duplicated
and shipped toy us in accordance with, your dirpetjibns.
The charge for boxing ahjl packing, as per will be
as follows: small phper oingl 'fe cylinder boxes 3 lj'la cents each;
large box and packing 25 cents.
Should you send ns any cylinders for the purpose of h»v|ng
their -records transferred, W can furnish from- dh to ISO duj/li-.
cates of good quality at pricip named above, proljitiha the Wftaer
re BPh UB in perfect condit^ojb fcid are free iron! scratching.
You will find inside brie of the paper botx^ b of swaplee re¬
ferred to, a small weight. wriioft, if attached ti; it® reprover
wei^it of. phonograph, will itoftvoi/o retrd&Mtioi 1 bAd present the
cylinders from whistling.
Yotf in* #thy tmy>
•ktomg.f 'it
A B/g. .IVBth, 1881..
The Aputsiana phonograph 0°., Ltd. ,
>Hugh R, opnyngton, Ksq,, secret ary,
Equitable Building, cor, $ravier & Caron/delet sts..,
Hew Orleans, L. A,
In reply to your letter of 5th instant., .we have aent
you to-day a list of the musical records which wi have on Wan a.
This list is mot of course as complete as it eventually .will be.
Vfe have not gone very extensively Into the -makin|; of records 'as
yet, for the reason that we deBire id obtain the views of the Af*.
ferent Phonograph Companies, us to the kind of m'lisic W-hieh 'they
require, m reply to your query, we beg to say that any ki/nd
of uusio can be reproduced, as well as the 'local records., We can
fill regular orders vory promptly, and orders fter repro.ctueti|on8
will require not more than twb days after the receipt of -the ’master
Cylinder for shipment to be wade to the extent of lot* *i$r .CjTldn-
ders,, The sample records oi' which pqu acknowledge .r*hl)wVpt|,
not packed in the mahner that tte bci<* pack ing i'btfeJrds islir Vttefe
ihtdre. In answer to yodr qdiati on, as td Ireesrab V®
sent avdid irijurss we- todttid forfeit ihei yoMi im
which mptfo #»%.*<*!» 4s».4& toft
p*ti? If* Jlftf tfqr ;
ff*
ibamKJc. JWqM
* It*, jt,
S&& lir* fedioon:-
I ttnciotte *i|**f*tt, MWowiia jfcport *t «#
^0taiy *»** WwJt^kfts A«^8* ^ j »j.m
m *>.Xi iA tU ^,0W h4« ^ *,W * *****
** ear saving on Waning WjUf this ending,
muo i*v? *&<«*>* * ^ in «0«u J^vft *moiWlt
*•* ow ai* ana Mm wmjU .ma*n th*
*$W>£$ pnaifltejk tfevf&pfe. todittottbiS'i '
'Xdhta; vbSy. truly*
Aug. 18 th ? 136 J.
Thomas A. Edison, Bs^.,
Ogdensburg-h. IT. J.
My dear Mr, Edison:-
I have been talking to 1. Valter Miller to-
nitfvt about the duplicating business, ana j fei^l pretty veil sat-*
isfiod that if It remain^ at the ^oratory or att the phonograph
Works, inside of a very yew, 'months there jni.^1 bjfe a number “of peo¬
ple go into the duplicating business, and u.SjC practically the same
machines as you Use, Aft you know,, the factory*, over on Bloomfield
Ave. , the Ink factory fts vaofait. Vfould’iit tja’is be a- good place
to put the duplicating business? Jt think ifrbrii the- letter that we
received from the Phonograph Companies,. that 'jj<^ are going to do
qUi te a large business in: these duplicate ueoord^. they all have
• expressed themselves as being, hi^ily pleased 'Vis^h the' samples Which
were sent them, and We would have hid orders 'hafbre thitf, but we
have only £ust got a list Of music completed, and are bending it
J U * e e a ,
* * 8 " ;* « o * * , j^sra st.f
««* V P * * City,
pe*r gir;»
Hr, Kd.ittm desire* m* to thank you wry heartily,
for the attention which you gave- to hi* ‘repne, tentative Mr, Mill**,
who went to the Mused to majce- ?hono;?rathic records of the IttirigttMgn
Bond, 1 Would have made an earlier aoknonedgeosnt of yOur Qpnr-
teay but Mir, Miami and myself have both been away from the labor¬
atory for several days.
Your® very truly.
private secretary.
Thomas R. Lombard, Esq,, Vice-President,.
North American Phonograph Company,
#14 & id Morris Ave,,
'J a r s 9 y City, !1, J,
My dear sirs-
I am in- receipt of a fetter from Miv Prank Harri¬
son, the Editor of Prank Harrison's Shorthand Mpjgaxine, addressed
to Mr, Edison, in which he states that he has writton you, making
a proposition regarding the purchase Of a numbo.r of his Journals,
in consideration of which ho proposes copying this article on the
Phonograph which was written by Mr, Prank R. Colvin, .of tho Elac-
trdeal Engineer, I think you are aware who Mr, Harrison is,
but in case you have forgotten him, I wi3h to inform you that life
id the gentleman who has made several unsuccessful attempts to
closely resombling blackmail. in
Trio**, A. ^
°gd a n 3 b u i
Edison:
1 anclafl«' Iwraritb <j0j
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kindly iga^o thorn.
vary trulyy
Aug. 10th, 1391/
M¥jMORpptyf TO WAL'^K MIl)Ji|5R»
Yours t:lnly>
Ploaae read the attached from Hr. Ware. He statea
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Ho* much of a credit should w« aj^o* them so aa to place them on
the same ftoting « the Phonograph Companies in the united states.
Hr. Randolph will shw you the bf£l that has beer, rendered for the
musical records .
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Dear Mr, Lombard:*
S'-ss?* rir^».>rftS> *
by your Canadian representatives t sbmi- -a
be enter ed^j^bond but ^^hinJ^thsit °t he Sdut y *would^have ^t o is' r ^ij
and you would be entitled to drawback upon return. These nr<««ld
otherwise tlrTZull ¥&£?£ T^‘
satisfactory way to you would be for us to mane tu h ? m0Bt
regard to expense I would suggest that the revenue for MckeSsiot
machines be applied first to wipe out the coat „f
exhibition, profit. if «, to be
agents or disposed of in any other way Vou -pit “
of this revenue being insufficient to cover the^ense^l vilTtT
take care of the deficit gut of course thereX b e no ex
pense incurred unless authorized by mo or some one whom I Sail'
delegate. I. dt me know if this is entirely satisfaSorJ * 11
That little parcel which you kindly said you would take to
'"t/r;: *8 not,^ so ! « not able to give ™ou thL trou-
ble but X thank you jdst the same for your courtesy.
Yours very truly/
Thomas R. Lombard, JSsq., Vice-president,
North American Phonograph oo..
<£/ It-Tl/fax. aj,.^
Place an order on the Rdiaor.
records Which were supplied by t,s
loa. As soon as the United Cornea
r::a for (S?»| eiu-.acai
- ?pea •; o 'Oautrui Arne
the Works win in turn cake r**u#iUo„ 3, tho ,uborat,ory ^
those cylinders and as soon as this is dene , ra,t to lSi.* the
United company a orodit of b/ poj. eyiiu* - ■„» 4 , ,
/ f ‘am,,,, o. ,ir all f:!d.5o for
boxing and packing j ba-.;Gve
e that we harped them 5o cents ec
for those records „
& ” '* u„i,iaa
” 'ont *h0 "““Wk «bri0 w,;ea th.,.8_ „ rtu tlu
thorn at 45 cents apiece*
Yours truly s
Letterbook, LB-051
This letterbook covers the period August 1891-Februaiy 1892. Most of
the letters were written by Alfred O. Tate from his office at the Edison
Building in New York City. Many are addressed to Thomas Maguire, John
b Randolph, and other individuals at the West Orange laboratoiy. Some of
the letters for October-December were written to Edison while he was
inspecting iron mines in western New Jersey. There are also numerous
confirmations of telephone messages, written on message forms of the Edison
General Electric Co.
Many of the documents relate to the business of the Edison
Manufacturing Co. and to the production and promotion of the Edison-
Lalande battery. There are also numerous letters pertaining to the
manufacture and marketing of phonographs and cylinder recordings and to
legal and financial dealings among the various phonograph companies. Some
of the legal correspondence concerns the suit brought against Edison and
Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Co. by D. M. Yeomans. Included also
are several letters about the phonograph exhibit at the Montreal Electrical
Exhibition. Beginning on page 779 is a long letter from Tate to Edison
regarding their plans to take control of the North American Phonograph Co.
and to liquidate the business of the local phonograph companies. Other
documents relate to electric lighting, the Edison phonoplex system, and
electric traction systems. There are also many letters regarding the settlement
of the estate of Frank McGowan and the payment of bills for experiments
conducted at the West Orange laboratoiy. Some of the documents concern
Edison s personal finances, including the liquidation of his stock in the Edison
General Electric Co.
, a6 Jr° v yer 1S marked "1891 1892-” The spine is stamped "Letters"
qVi ooaN‘Y' ThC. b°°k contains 994 numbered pages and an index.
Pages 951-994 are unused. Approximately 20 percent of the documents have
been filmed. Related documents for this time period can be found in LB-052
through LB-055.
Edison General Electric Co.
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
_
/:£‘7X line.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
XOTE-TMs confirmation should be checked with the original message immediately on receltd. It will
be assumed to be correct unless advised to the contrary by telephone.
ui of Person Sending.
From whom, reeetveil,
To whom sent,
y ame of Person Receiving.
Mr A. 0. Tato , Private Secretary
Mr John P, Randolph ,. Labratory .
For several days we have boon unable to raise tho Labora¬
tory on tho telo phono during tho noon hour . You must arrange fcr
someone always to be there and not leave the offico vacant .
Second Mossago .
( Mr Tato to Mr Miller )
I want to know all particulars in regard to the exhibi¬
tion of tho Phonograph in Montreal, that is , how many phonographs
you aro going to run and if you will tako all appliances with
you such as ear-tubes etc. I must adviso tho H. A. P. Co,, so tlioy
can make whatovor arrangements are nocossary with their Canadian
representatives .
Experimental a o count
August lath
’reasu
Bflla on Ora »min0 ooppany, Limited,
Edison Building, New Yorii City.
I tend you
** M11U* °°W *• *«•“» *« «,w
by Mr. Edidon .mounting to $37, 072. so. I have boon .trying f „
«» lest six rook. to obtain a ..ttl,„,„, or at, .„„„t . ,
you be k ind
I 'have, omitt ed
tha t would
to Mr. Ins ui;
■ fcout it
’orthwith
nothing
dais
hear fiom
'J-y truly
tb
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August 18th, 1891,
Colonol C. H. Barney ,
Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Can.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Stcringer has handed to me your letter to
him under date of the 16th instant, in regard to the Phonograph
Exhibit. I have had a list made of everything that will be re¬
quired, and have submitted it this morning to Mr. Lombard, the Vice
President of The North American Phonograph Company, who will in¬
dicate what portion of the list can be furnished by his Company,
and the balance we will have made up in the Laboratory. I will
send you either tonight or tomorrow, a copy of this list, and will
at the same time advise you of exactly what arrangements 1 have
made with Mr. Lombard. I am going to place Mr. Walter Miller in
charge of the Exhibit on behalf of The North American Phonograph
Company, or its representatives in Canada. This young man has hud
charge of a large number of like exhibitions, and understands
thoroughly how they should be handled. He will be in Montreal
with an assistant «ot later than the 2nd of September. This win
. ,n
Sive . ive days to prepare the exhibit which I think/v/1 11 ho ample
No Enc,
Yours very truly,
m;
42 Broad Street,, New York,
Settlement of account. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX August 13th, IB 21.
G.N. Morris on, Esq., Secretary,
Ed is at United Phonograph Conpany,
Mills Building, New York City.
Bear Sir:-
I handed you this morning,a statement of Mr.Edison’
account against your Company c9ve xing^ariod from July 16th. 1890
to June 3 0th. 1891 amounting to §4,656.22. Mr.Edisor desires to
obtain a settlement of this accounttand I wish you would be good
enough to take such steps as are necessary to effect that end.
Yours very truly/
'Private Sec>^9,^y.
4
14
.August 18th , 1891
Edison Building, Broad Street, City.
I beg to hand you herev/ith copies of bills v/hich
have been rendered by the Laboratory against the Edison Phonograph
Company, The North American Phonograph Company and the Edison.
Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, amounting respectively to
$22,219.53, $46,378.76 and $4,220.97, which constitute Mr. Edison 'i
claim against each of these throe concerns. Please acknowledge
Yours very trul’*- ./££.
A
y
f 3
Edison Building.
- August 26th, 1891.
John F._ Randolph Esq.,
Edison Laboratory, OrangA, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
I have your letter of the 25th instant enclosing
..certificate -Shr the Edison General Electric Company, #1227 and
#1228, each for one hundred (100) shares. I have handed cer¬
tificate #1227 to Mr. Perry to sell for Mr. Edison’s account, and
I hold #1228 in the safe in this office for future disposal. Both
of these certificates are in the name of Mina Edison, and are
properly endorsed by her.
Yours truly„3"
//
m-.
Edison General Electric Co.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
i whom received, Mr A. 0. Tato , Privato Secretary .
Ploaso toll Mr Edison that Mr Perry has sold one hundred
[hares realizing § 9625 not , which I have sent direct to Goman
Rational Bank and will turn over to the Concnntrating Works this
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September ?
William F. Wilder, Esq. ,
#31 Pine St., Nevr York City.
Dear Sir: —
I have your letter of the 31st ultimo in
regard to money and etock due Mr. Prank McGowan. r have sent to
the Laboratory for some information, and will communicate with
you as soon as I receive it.
In regard to Prank McGowan's stock, the Secretary of the
Edison Ore Milling Company holds Prank's receipt for twenty five
shares, .which were delivered to him shortly after his return from
South America. r have not the least idea what became of this
stock, as I am not aware where Mr. Prank McGowan kept his securi¬
ties.
Yours very truly, *
eno.
42 Broad Street, New York.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX September 1st,
Charles D.Shain, Esq., District Manager,
Edison General Electric Company,
Edison Building, Broad Street, City.
' Dear Sir:-
I hand you herewith .copy of a letter which I h
received from my Assistmt, Mr .Maguire, who, at my request, c
ed Mr. Edison in regard to the service v/ire for Mr. Burke's ne
at Llewellyn Park. Our- Laboratory plant is overloaded now a
cannot undertake to supply current for this motor.
Your3 truly, ^ ^
Private Secretary.
urn
mu U o mon t Ji of July 1 391
Please actanowli
Yours
Priva-i
September 2nd ,91
Tho North American Company ,
Mills Building ,
Novf York City .
Dear Sirs : -
I hand you herewith bills against your com¬
pany for expor imSvnts conducted in Mr Edison's Laboratory during
tho month of .July , 1891 ,, in bohalf of your canpany amounting
to § 785.89 . Please acknowledge receipt .
Yours Truly ,
Private Secretary
Mr w-s* p°rry Secretary ,
Edison Ore Milling Comply ; Limitod>
Edison Building , city .
Dear Sir
hand you hara.ith hlUa ag.inat your
ror experiments conducted in Mr Fri ■><.«»,» -r v
in Mr Edison's laboratory , during the
month of* July trot amrv , .
. 1891., anointing to { *,0.6? , . Plea»„ ,eknw_
lodge rocoipt .
Yours Trdly
Private Secretary ,
September 2nd , 91.
Mr J. P. Ord , Comptroller ,
Edison General Elocfric Co,,
Edison Building , N.Y.City .
Doar Sir s-
I hand you herewith bills against your company
for § 3282,26 , for experiments conducted in Mr Edison's Labora¬
tory , during tho month of July 1891.,
I bog to remind you that wo havo not yot adjusted theso
bills so that accountings may bo made as providod for in tho con¬
tract between tho Edison Gonoral Company , and Mr Edison , and I
v.onld bo vory glad if you could name a dofinito date when this
matter could bo aottlod. It fctis been open now for almost a year ,
i?M. I think it certainly ought to bo 'closed before tho close of
who fiscal year of the Edison General Company. .
Yours Truly „ f ' t,
Private Secretary .
HP
"tyol
1 Soptojrbor 2nd , 91.
Mi’ VI. S. Porry , Troasuror ,
New York Centrating YforJcs ,
Now York City , Edison Building ,
Dear Sir
I hand you horowith bills for work dono at tlio
Laboratory , for tho Now York Concentrating Company , as follows
Juno 1st — — ; $ 1732,06
Juno 30th - § 100*18
July 31st , - $ 453.62
TOTAL _ § 2285 . 86
Ploasc acknowledge receipt • ■
Yours Truly',-' ? \ V
M ?!c
ipjLt:’
^Privato SeCuats^ •
Edison General Electric Co.
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-IJHESIDENT.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
tame of JPitruon Simitinv. 1
. . . D.M. . -j-
.Vrtim whom revolved.
To whom sunt.
\e of Person Ilecnh
- EaJ.«er- .
Hate.
. -a/a- .
Mr A. 0. 'I' a to t Asst To Second Vii
Mr Jo S'. Randolph , Laboratory .
I atiyisc ha vine rocoivod Now Jersey & Penn. Conoontrat-
r Works csrtif i cate of stock number 365 for twenty-five shares
ch. has boon transferred to Mr Edison by H. M. Livor in settle-
•X of the amount duo Mr Edison by Mr Livor under contract dated
ICth. of Juno 1890. n amely twenty-fivo hundred dollars. I
r. Aviso having rocoivod certificate number 366 of the K.J.
Cor. cent ratine; Works for 407 shares of stock in the nrwonof
A. Edison in exchange for 500 shares of stock of the Edi
. tenoral Electric Go., vidch wro given to Mi’ Livor together
;.-r Edison ''v. chc ck fw .£61 , the rate of exehango being I 23
> E : on 0 ov-'v j... Electric Company ' s Stock .for one sha
of i hr ttew Jersey & Porn. Concontrat ins' Works- • Please
t:~'. rcssaee to Mr Edison.
September 3rd, 1891.
J. W. Gladstone, Esq.,
Silver Lake, N. J.
Dear Sir: —
I have just received a telephone message from
the Laboratory stating that they have not yet received from you
the report upon which the LaLande royalties were based, which
shovdd have been prepared not later than the 26th of last month.
I cannot understand how it is that we have so much trouble
to get reports from Silver Lake. You do not seem to appreciate
the necessity of getting these things out promptly. There seems
to be a lack of system, which is most annoying. Has it not oc¬
curred to vou that we are under contract with LaLande to mail
this report, and to remit at certain stated periods.
It is just as easy to get this report out on the day that it
is due as ten days afterward, and I must insist upon more at ten
tion being given to statements which I require to have made up
in your office.
I have been trying for three months to get from you a profit
date have not received it. You have
and loss statement, but up to
informed me orally that, it was ready, but no copy haB been sent
to me so far as I am aware, nor has any information been given
of the reason of its being held back, or of the date when I maj
expect to receive it.
Very truly yours.
42 Broad Street, New York.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX September 4th, 1891.
Francis R. Upton, Esq.,
Care of The Edison General Electric Company,
Harrison, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I hand yew herewith, tax bill of the township of
Bloomfield from which I take it that you have never recorded the
deed which I made in favour of the Edison Lanp Company of the
property on Bloomfield Avenue. I do not understand shy 1 am taxed
Three thousand dollars on Real Es tatq.it seems to be very excess¬
ive .
Yours truly,/'/’ ,v.
Eno.a.
Edison Genefal Electric Co.
OFFICE OF SECOfD VICE-PRESIDENT.
PRIVATE
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
XOTE—'J'hts confirmation should be cheeked with the original message Immediately on receipt. It will
he mfinuJ be correct unless aldsed to the contrary by telephone.
Xante of Person Sending.
iWiine of Portion Jiecelvhtf/. ]
Time.
Date.
} - - D.M. . . . ,
. .9/5. - 189
From, whom rec
To whom sent,
Mr A. 0, Tato , Private Secretary ,
Mr Thomas Me ouirc . Laboratory .
I asked you two or throe weeks ago to lot mo know the
amount duo Thomas Me Gowan on Mr Edison's books . You havo not
ropliod . I want this information imnodiatoly .
This information was sent you in a letter under date of
. Amount $ 191.63 according to our books .
Juno II til ,
September <gth ,91,
Major S. B. Eaton , Counsol .
Edison Building ,
Now York City .
Doar Sir
I hand you horowith, original letter addrossod to
mo by Mr Y/illiam R. Wilder , the attorney for Captain Mo Gowan,
temporary administrator of the estate of Prank Me Gowan, togothor
with two papers from the Surrogate's Court for the City and
County of Now York, and copy of lottor addrossod to mo by Mr
Thomas Me Guiro , of Edison's laboratory , stating that thoro
is a balance to the credit of Mr Prank Me Gowan on Mr Edison's
books , of § 191.63 .
Capt. Me Gowan desires to have this money paid over to
him, and I shall bo glad if you will advise mo , if the papers
above referrod to , issued by tho Surrogate's Court , are suffi¬
cient authority for Mr Edison to mako^paymont in question.
Yours very truly
'/* Enc. A. D.M. Private Secretary .
'4;
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j.,W. Gladstone, J3sq. ,
September 8th, 1891
I fear that we are going to have great
trouble with the porcelain cells which we have out for use in
connection .ith the pho»er»ph. The he. York Phono^.ph Company,
as you know, use a great many of these cells. One of their
customers has just been in my office, and stated that the batte y
which he had in use broke in his bath-room and destroyed the bath
and the floor. These discouraging reports are becoming very
frequent now, as the procelain jars have' been in use just about
long enough to develop the defect.
Would it not be a good idea for us to call in these jars and
to.,e th„ maced. p— - — . — - *" Y"k rMnW'**’‘
Cocpany «o»ld stand th. ckpenaet I ■»»«• *»** theIr *”
only coirpnny O. nae any considerable n.anbcr ot onr cells. I
think that they „«ld accept such . preposition P^iVAU.-s ,,
expense is no* too great, ///(Mk.
Yours very tr^xv. V 'jf
No one.
n K
I | September 8th, 1891.
The Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Six;s: —
In reference to the attached letter from
Mr. Kennelly, and list of apparatus required at the Laboratory
in order to complete a model exhibit plant in the Trenton Feeder
Case, I am advised by Major Eaton that he has already placed with
you an order which gives you authority to bill all time and
inaterial connected with this case against the Edison General
Electric Conpany. Under these circumstances you can in accord¬
ance with my telephone message of this morning, immediately
place requisitions on the New York' Works and on the Lamp Works
for the materials nemed in Mr. Kennelly' s list, and bill the same
in regular course against the Edison General Electric Company.
Yours truly * S' f £ .
r JfiOji'iy
Enc. F." 1
of your 1
Article -#<
a-'o valid
•on, Esq. ,
on Building, Broad St., New York.
Near sir:--
I beg to acknowledge with thanks receipt,
etter of the 9th instant, calling to our attention
44 of the statutes of the Cie Continental of Paris,
if ides that the founder's shares issued by that Company
for five years. What is the effect of this
upon the founder's shares owned by us? Does it mean
*st exchange them for new shares, and are we required
lC attention of the French Company to this matter?
•• advise us and oblige.
Yours truly,
Edison Electric light Company of Europe,
By
' September 10th, 1891
M. D. Barr, Esq., District Manager,
Edison General Electric Company,
#7? Bay st., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dear Sir: —
i -,„a „„„ oow of ^tt,r „„„„„„„ to a§
/ «eh ho,
°°llM ^ 6y W 1”m‘rlM """"'■ins exporting of „llon.
" C”-a* “*■* - Edison donor.
Electric Companjr.
" “ P“3lMe th'* Ra,hb™ 4 «-»«r ™ the ,.lls >oroS8
"" C°n’'”‘*nt ~ ' -S', it pro bable . t slve
you this information for what jcsa
September 11th, 1891,
J. W. Gladstone, Esq.,
Edison Manufacturing Company, Orange, N. j.
Dear Sir: —
In reply to your letter without ‘date 'in re¬
gard to telephone eells, placed in service on Mr. Barfett’s lines
in Chicago, I think frou ought to write to Mr. Barrett arid'fiAd,
out what kind of a transmitter he uses. p seems to me that
Logue has placed too much battery on these transmitters, and if so
it will result in injury to our business. - ■ ‘ •
Have Hamilton see the New York Phonograph Company in regard ...
to lining cells.
Yours truly. ,
f J t'P ■' /
,^hrr
Edison Euilding, Broad Street, N. Y.
CW _ _ _ Sopt. 17th, 1891.=
J. V/, Gladstone Esq.,
Edison Manufacturing Company,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir
I hand you herewith, copy of a c ommunio at ion which
I have received from the Canadian District Manager of the Edison
General Eleotrie Company, Mr. Barr, in regard to the shipment of
hatteries into Canada. Mr. parr is of the opinion that these
,Ui
cells ore smuggled into Canada by Rathbun & Company, and itvs^s his
intention to try and stop it by notifying the Canadian Officials
of his suspicions. I shall be very glad indeed%f Mr. parr can
succeed in etoppii^; this irregularity; it spoils our legitimate
trade.
Yours
September 17th, loJJ
r, '.V. Gladstone, Esq. ,
33d i son Manufacturing Company, Orange, N. .T.
Dear Sir: —
Mr. Smiles has. called to see me, and seems
to be confirmed in the opinion that we Bhould tho #2
Faradic Battery : f.J- $10. 00. He states that ■ all his customers
want this done, and that we would consult our own best interests
by doing so. I think we should comply with this request as Mr.
Smiles, like you and myself does not express his personal opinion
t reflects the wishes of the people whom we desire to oblige.
jin
Sopt.I8th,9I
D.M.
J. \7, Gladstone , Esq.,
Edison Manufactur ing Company ,
Orango , N.J.
Boar Sir
I rotum herewith letter from the Superinten¬
dent , Engineer and General Manager of the Philadelphia Company
Y/ho asks us to share in tho loss of broken Carboys . If wo mako
this concession to the Philadelphia Company I see no reason why wo
should not mako it to all the other ecmpanics . Please boar in
mind that wo are not soiling this solution in competition with
anyono else . The Illuminating Companies are obliged to obtain
it frem' us and it is not necessary for us to make any c oncess ions
to them whatever . Therefore you can write Mr Marks a polite note
declining to accept his proposition . ,•
Yours ve ry truly ,
y .
Private Secretary.
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sort. I 8th
!!• Gladstone Esq.,
Edison Manufacturing Co.,
Orange , H.J.
Dear Sir
I have your letter of I7th inst., in regard
shipments to Philip S, Dyer . As soon as Mr Dyer is settled
London and has his store-room opened for the reception of
ds, and as soon as ho has arranged with the English Company to
1 our batteries throughout Groat Britain I intend to forward
i a full stock , so that it will bo unnecessary for us to make
so small shipments . V/e can just as well carry a stock of c
torics in London as at Silver lake and we will of course save
siderablo amount of
freightage
September 18th 1891.
Messrs. Eaton cfc Lewis ,
Edison Building, #44 Broad St.,
New York City.
Dear Sirs: —
I beg to ac knowledge receipt of your letter of the
18th instant re Estate of Frank McGowan, absentee.
I have authorized Mi1. Williaih R. Wilder to inspect the books
at the Laboratory. I understand that you will advise me shortly
about paying over the money with which Mr. McGowan is credited on
Mr. Edison's books, to the Administrator of his Rotate. .
Yours truly. / ■ /' VvrV*
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September 22nd, 1891
W. K. Xi, Dickson, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N. J,
My Dear Sir: —
I have interrogated Major Eaton in regard
to the course which you should pursue in order to obtain a reissue
of your stock in the Edison Ore Milling Company, Limited, whioh
disappeared at the time of the disappearance of Mr. Frank McGowan,
and hand you herewith, copy of communication addressed to me by
the Major unaer date -tlSf 19th instant.
I would sug^st your writing a formal application to the
Edison Ore Milling Conoany, Limited, asking them to permit a
eissu. of the stock, and to indicate the amount of the bond, and
ho,, w ~™«.. tte, „U1 , Th. brousht
#42 Broad Streep,
New York City,
* Sept. 23rd,]
Maj or S , B . Eaton,
Edison Building, City.
Dear Maj or: -
I hand you herewith, copy of a letter addressed
to Mr. Edison by the Secretary of the Edison United Phonograph
Company, from which it appears, that at the meeting of the Board of
Directors of the United Company, held on the 18th instant, Mr.
Edison fixed prices for all styles of Phonographs.
Yours very truly, ^7
Enc . 4.
Edison Building, '
New York, City,
_ _ _ Sept. 24th, 1891.
J.P.Ord, Esq., Comptroller,
Edison General Electric Company,
Edison Building, N. Y. Oity.
Dear Sir:-
Referring to Laboratory bill for Lamp Experiment,
conducted during the month of October, 1890, amounting to $566.09,
I beg to advise you that this bill is made up as follows: -
Material from store room and expresBage
given in detail on the bill rendered - -$ 5.92
Edison Phonograph Works bill, given in
detail, as per bill - - - $ .24
Labor - - - - - $ 410.96
Proportion of General Expense - - - - — -$ 123.42
" " Taxes— - $ 13.87
" * Insurance - - $ 11.68
TOTAL - -$ 566.09'
During the progress of the negotiation of the Laboratory oon-
tract, it was agreed between Mr. Inisull and the Laboratory, that
the experimental account should be made up of Material, Labor,
General Expense, Taxes and Insurance. This arrangement effected a
heavfr reduction from our usual charges for experimental work. Acy
further details that you require, I shall be glad to furnish.
Kdison General Electric Co.
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRES\o(
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
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From, whom received, Mr,, Thomas Mo Guirc Laboratory .
To whom sent, (Mr o... Tjato. Privato Secretary .
Tho follow ins mo as .as ; jus t boon rocoivod at tho Lab-
Ogdon , New Jersey ,
To Mrs Thomas A. Edis 01
lamps arc bad again . Will re turn tonight
about nine o'clock .
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185:
Edison Buildiiig, Broad St., N. y.
. Sept. 28th, 1891.
W. Gladstone Esq.,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, N. J.
I want you to send to Mr. Philip s. Dyer, #34
Victoria Weetaiinotor, london, England, f„u information tn
egard to oar '»»,•“»•< and Pared lc Bat terl aa ; I don't
think that he ha. re.ai.od ,hla. I to keep Mr. B„.r thorough-
1B poatad a, t. the Progro.o .hioh make i„ the .ale of Par. die
Battorioa. I think he ean do a big buainoea in England and aloo-
"hera trith the.,, and any i«o,„tion Aioh n, .an giv. him aho.-
ing the eatont of aolaa in the hnit.d state, '.ill a.eiet hlmin
hi. negotiation for pemiasion to ean i„ groat Britain.
Yours very truly, / } £•&&>'■
i Building, Breed St., N. Y.
_ _ _ _ Sept. 28th, 1891.
Philip S. Dyer Esq., European Sales Agent,
Edison General Electric Company,
#34 Victoria Street, Westminster,
London, W. C. , England.
My Dear Dyer:-
I have your letter of the 16th instant, w; i\ re¬
gard to the battery business in Great Britain. I do not know how
you could have expected me to give you any idea of the character
of proposition which we would accept. You know quite well that
we will accept anything in reason, but without more information, it
is impossible to be more specific. We do not know whether Mr.
Henderson wants to form a Company, or whether he will be willing to
let us merchandise the cells
sis of royalty; in fact so far
as the details of the arrangement is concerned, we left the matter
entirely in your hands, knowing that you would not make any arrange
ment that would be detrimental to our business over there. I hope
you will submit soon some kind of a proposition; it doesn't matter
much what kind of a proposition it is, so long as it oan be used as
a basis upon which to start negotiations. I have instructed the
>ry to send you full information in regard to the new hot ca;
September 30, 1891,
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
#16 Broad Street, New York City.
Dear Sirs:--
I hand you herewith. Laboratory Bills
against you for the month of August amounting to $1607.21,
Please acknowledge receipt.
Yours truly, /"^ .
Private Secretary.
.MAC Edison Building, New York,
_ Sept. 30th, 1891.
Henry 0. Ware Esq.,
Edison Phonogaph Works,
Orange,- N. J.
Dear Sir!-
I beg to advise you that the following Phonograph
Companies are at present, not doing any business with the North
American. Phonograph Company, by reason of their failure to pay for
rentals, supplies etc. In our dealings with these Companies, ?/e
must be particularly careful that our bills are promptly paid, and
if there Vany amoun ^outstanding against them that are due at
the time that they make requisitions for further shipments, these
shipments must be held until the accounts are paid.
The Alabama Phonograph Company,
The Colorado and Utah Phonograph Company,
The Central Nebraska Phonograph Company.
Florida Phonograph Company .
Iowa. Phonograph Company .
Minnesota Phonograph Company,
Michigan Phonogrtph Company,
Ohio Phonograph Company,
Old Dominion Phonograph Company.
South Dakota Phonograph Company .
Tennessee Phonograph Company,
Texas Phonograph Company,
Wyoming Phonograph Company.
Yours truly,
No ens .
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W
m
Edison Building, New Yoric,
- Sept, 30th, 1891,
.The Edison Ore Milling Company, Limited.
Edison Building, City ,
Dear Sirs:-
I hand you herewith. Laboratory bills against you
f„r „.»th Of M»l. —"“‘W *> S806-17' P1S*“
ledge receipt.
Yours truly,
Private Secretary.
J|
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.Edison Building,
New Yoik,
Sept. 30th, 1891,
The New York Concentrating Wo rice,
Edison Building,.
New Yoric City.
Dear Sirs:-
I hand you herewith, Laboratory bills against you
for Ihe month of August, amounting to $207.52. Please acknowledge
receipt .
Yours truly, / .
P ri vat es Secre tar y .
u Edison Building, New York,
- : - - - Sept, 30th, 1891.
North American Company,
Mills Building, City.
Dear Sirsl-
I hand you herewith, Laboratory bills against you
for the month of August, amounting to $564.64. Please acknowledge
receipt.
Yours tmly.
Private Secretary.
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Bdison Building, New York,
-Sept. 30th, 1891.
J. P. Ord Esq., Comptroller,
Edison General Electric Company,
Edison Building, Braod St., New York City.
Dear Sir:-
I hand you herewith, laboratory bills against the
°*"eral El“tri“ A' ».n«h «• Aue..t, .nomting
to $3,213.23. Please acknowledge receipt.
Yours truly,
.
P r i vat e vSe.c re ta r y ,
September 30th, 1891,
William R. Wilder, Esq,
I hand you herewith, copy of letter which
I have received from Messrs. Eato£ & Lewis in regard to thf
me your letter of the 2!ith
instant, and do not understand your reference to disbursemej
I have sent Messrs. Eaton & Lewis a copy of your communi
doubt will be intelligible to them.
Your:
Edison Ore Milling Company, Limited,
Edison Building, Broad Street, New York City.
1 hand you herewith a communicat ion from
Mr. W. K. L. Dickson, in regard to lost certificates of your C
pany, # 1122 and #1123 for 100 and 50 shares respectively.
Attached to Mr. Dickson's letter is a copy of the receipt
which he holds from the late Prank McGowan for these certifica-
which disappeared at the time of Mr, McGowan's disappearance.
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Edison General Electric Co
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
utlon should be checked with the original message Immedl tel
* lulvlMa to contrarg bg teUphVe'
whom received.
To whom sent,
Mr John Kruosi General Man a go r Schenectady.
Mr A. U. Koimoliy , Oonoultinfi Electrician.
I have received the followinc valaablo inf orma tion by
Cable frem Siemens & Hal she
" rn° Cablos »sed by the Government have earth
returns . Charco depends upon ratio between diameter of copper an
thickness of insulation . one millemeter of copper and 2 8./I0 of
insulation is .02 microfarad of insulation with T. C. na8s and jut..
Would it be possible for you to come up hero as wo have
a number of Cablos ready for tost . One of them is 100 feet lonG.
It seems to me that we could reach a conclusion much more quickly
than if wo sent one cable to youbby express and made the other
tests hero .
Sent to Mr Me Guiro at Laboratory at 12 A.M.
'.•‘isfif .m'u-
Edison General Electric Co.
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
NOTE— This confirmation should bo checked with the original message Immediately on receipt. It will
_ be assumed to be correct unless advised to the contrary by telephone.
Fame of Person Sending.
Fame of Person Receiving.
Time.
. . . J..Ohn..Burke . .
. Miller .
3.20 P.M.
. 1SA&U . iso
From whom received, A, o. Tate 'Esq., Private Secretary.
To whom mint, Thos . A. Edison, Orange, N.J.
Have had. a most satisfactory interview with Mr. Dolan. Am
to see him again this afternoon. Will report to-night.
Edison General Electric Co
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
. . CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
' von/irmatton should h,> .» 7 : - - -
! Nome of Person Sending.
i CFW
jPz-ow. whom reenUwti,
tme of Person Receiving.
Polzer.
* Whom sent, John P. Randolph Esq., Edison Laboratory,
In regard to the account of Prank McGowan, please draw a ,
to the order, of Eaton & Lewis for the amount of this account,
$191.00, and mail it to me to-d«„
22%
Kaison Building, New York,
October 2nd, 1891,
J. W. Gladstone Esq.,
saloon Monarootuoine Oompony,
1 * ”dVlS,a b' **“ *•.* Hms„ of ths „
a WWt " *" -»»> «-«• ,hsir
«.„oo„ay h.,. Ohlppoa to th. Edison Oo
“ ' ” “* — •*-- . .«
Pnootiooi .« matte of ,Ms on „hlch „„ „„ >t
’Ufh
Private. Sec re1
No eru
PR,/ATf Jfif uvr
m Mediately
*V tetephmu
Schenectady y-
■ one ns * ,Ha.‘
:«nneil>
President •
Jr. Kenno.Hj
Burke-
bmsoh eebcikic wm amm 9 ^ LIMBD.
#42 Broad street. Be. York City.
— ooOoo -
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October 3rd, 1891.
Messro. Eaton & Lewis,
Edison Building, City.
Dear Sirs:-
I »•* to acknowledge receipt of year letter or Ba>
“ enoloaing Bill for pr.f.a„lomi aerriee. for tn. p.riod
isss. toaosn.,. ^ i„.iMlv6, counting to $200,00 and
““ #».«. total, *2ss.yo. , M11 _ tMa ^
audi te d at one e .
Yours very/^^,1^;-
Secretary & Treasurer
October 5th, 1891,
Thorns Dolan Esq.,'
#32 South 3rd Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Kindly say wh«n I may expect to hear from you. Mr. Edison is most
anxious. If you prefer I will go to Philadelphia to see you.
A. 0. Tate.
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October 5th, 1891,
George S. Jones, Esq., Vice President,
North American Company,
Mills Building, New York,
Dear Sir: —
mi y°U V°ry kindly send « « cheek for laboratory
bills for July, $7S5.85.
MEMORANDUM TOR MR . IMSUTjTj.
October 8th, 1891.
Mr. Barr , our Canadian District Manager, sent a French Storage
Battery to the Laboratory to have the same tested by Mr.Kennelly.
The latter has reported upon it and we find it represents aver¬
age efficiency. I attach a communication which I have received
from Mr. Barr in which he announces his belief that the Edison Ger:
era! Company would appreciate the value of a good storage batter:
for use in connection with their business to supplement isolated
plants. Is this so? If it is I will go ahead collecting data.
If not, is there any use in taking up more of Mr.Kennelly' s time'
4P. Broad Street
XXXXh XXXXXXXXXyx October 3th , 189 '
Old Dominion Phonograph Company,
Orange, :’.J,
Dear Sirs:-
I find by the reports that are sent me each wee
from our Silver Lake Factory that the amount of your indebtednes
at the present time is §285.68 and that we have net yet received
a remittance from you for supplies which we have furnished.
Y/o desire to extend all reasonable accomodation to our customers
but cannot permit our accounts to run indefinitely, and I must
request that you will be kind enough to forward us a cheque for
the above sum by return mail.
Tours truly,//1 _ „ -
42 Broad Street, New York.//
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX October 8th, 189ft.
J.W, Gladstone , Esq.,
Edison Manufacturing Company,
I beg to confirm my telephone message of this after
noon to the effect that & representative of Messrs. Kennyon,
Potter and Company called upon me yesterday and ordered 50 "0"
cells and a special switch board to be shipped to his firm with¬
in a wee if possible to have a board made in that tine. The
first plug on this board is to throw twenty cells in series in
circuit; there are to be twenty additional plugs for the remaining
twmty cells. The Board is to bo made in Cherry or in hard rub¬
ber with Cherry box, and wo are to provide a pole change* and cable
for connection between the battery and the board. There will be
two binding posts on this board to receive the terminals of the
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circuits leading to the instruments used by the V , You
should conmunicate at once with Messrs. Kennyon Potter & Company,
stating that re have received this order and that it is having our
best attention, and asking them if they will kindly confirm it in
ordinary course. I think it might be well to ask them what kind
of terminals are attached to the leads which will be used so that
OSsSkfe
_we may know whether our binding posts should hayo clamp teic-ts or
eye holes to receive pin connectors. Please explain to them
that our cells Y/ill deliver 4 amperes of current, and it is the
fore unnecessary to provide means for throwing them into multi-
po lar arc .
Yours truly, ,/y
• October 12 th
Thomas Maguire, ,’isq.,
Kdi s on La bo r a to ry ,
Orange, IT. j.
Dear Sir:-
I hand you herewith copy of a letter from
Eaton under date of the 2nd ■
* ir.atunt m regard to Kr.Rdiso.
triC RaUWay r'fltc“T,;s in Attotralla. Please attach this i,
^ **“ *"* «• *.*—«. AS,„„«,lte ,hUh [
saj.es at the Laboratory.
Tours
& .
Private' ■’‘rt'bret
'•*’ lUM *" thiC to li-.BanOolph * 0.
-i. attention Paragraph ftu, Majol. ^
«»„, and Botany have neven pi4d my of KrMUm,B
nVmK‘ "lth of patents to, th.s. invmti
• Rand0 lph if ho has any accounts on his books
ferri'ng^to electric, railways in oo.nncction with Austnal,,.
October 13th, 1S91.
„ October 13th, 1391,
T. C. Martin, Esq.,
Electrical Engineer,
#150 Bway. , New York City.
Pear Sir: —
I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. Thomas R. Lombard,
Vice President of the North American Phonograph Company, stating
that he ha 3 arranged -with Mr. Holland, the Agent of the North
American .Phonograph Company of Canada, U give a rebate of' $50. 00
on the price of the machine presented to Professor Bovey.
I would suggest that you communicate with Messrs. Holland
Brothers, Ottawa, who will make this remittance.
The price of the machine after deducting this $50.00 covers
actual cost plus freights, duties &c. Trusting this will be satis
factory, I remain,
Yours verv truly,
-f/% "
Broad M treat, Mew York. i/ f
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX October 14th, 18
a c tur i ng Company,
Oran/* , M. J.
to acknowledge ’•eceipt of Trial Balances
& like to have n trial balance for each of
Battery anl Vox; it tntos vp tro much t in®
sr;t idea from a mixed sheet. referring t
lit of Mighty five thousand dollars odd so:,
s Wax Bui idinr. When V.r.Bdis on sees a bai¬
ns iders the whole of ii
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX October 14th, 1891.
'•j Thomas Maguire, Esq.,
Edison laboratory,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:-
I have received fro, Silver .lake Balance Sheet
V f0r October lst- 1 hwe asked Mr. Gladstone to render oepernte
\| Balance Sheets for the Y/ax Department and the Battery Department
\ and to send copies of^themto you. It is not necessary to stow
V\ th0S3to Mr.Edison as he does not understand them; wo prepare spec-
i ial reports for him.
! Please file the enclosed papors.
Advise Mr. Gladstone that we have discontinued the Phono-
. gram advertisement, and hand him the enclosed bills against the
Edison General Electric Company, Toronto, which I have certified.
i I hand you far your information letter which I have received from
| Mr. Gladstone in regard to sending Weekly Reports to th3 Laboratory.
; It would appear from this that if you had explained the matter to
; him properly there would have been no lapse in the reports; you
certainly could never have told him that you wanted these for the
| purpose of showing than to Mr.Edison. =■<-
Yours truly,
Jiaison Buil ding, Broad St., M. y.
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Oot. 17th, 1891.
Thomas Maguire Esq.,
Edison laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
I want you to send a circular out to all the
Phonogram Companies as soon as we are prepared to supply any
rmsical records; that is, any records other than those publishe
our list. We should send these notices out two or three time
a week, in fact every day, if necessary, and at the end of eae
month, or some other -period which. we can decide upon later on,
will correct our catalogue. Please get out a form of advice,
that Walter Miller can notify you of all the new records which
made, and get out another form to send to the different PhonoSI
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Edison Building, Broad St., N. Y.
- — - ; - Oct. 17th, 1891.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
My Dear Mr. Edison:-
In regard to the attachment for ad¬
justing the Phonograph, which Walter Miller has applied to a
Nickel-in-the-Slot Machine in the Laboratory, do you not think it
would be a good idea for the Phonograph Works to offer these for
sale at whatever price may be proper; you suggested, I believe,
that we should give one of these away with every hundred cylinders
Purchased from us, but this would naan that any Company receiving
an attachment would take it to son* manufacturer arri have made as
many as they might require to equip all their machines; it would
be better for the Phonograph Works to sell them and get whatever
profit there may be in the, manufacture.
Yours very truly, ^
No Enc .
C-3.
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CFW
Edison Building, Broad St., N. Y.
_ ; _ Oot. 17th, 1891.
To the Watchman,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Upon presentation of this letter, you will permit
Mr. Walter Miller, and any persons who may accompany him, to enter
the Lecture Room of the Laboratory, for the purpose of making
musical records. This permit is permanent and is not to be
taken up.
Yours truly, '
Private C,ec rotary
No Enc.
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Oct. 17th, 1891.
Bernard Cahn Esq.,
Caro Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co., of Baltimore,
Baltimore, M d.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 7th instant, asking for in¬
formation in regard to my new system of applying electricity to
street railways, has reached me. In reply I take pleasure in i
forming you that I have an experimental road in my Laboratory
grounds a quarter of a mile long upon which the system referred
is being operated successfully. It works smoothly and well and
is a more fixed and permanent system than either the trolley or
cable. It is expensive, but not so much so as a cable road.
I bog to refer you to the Edison General Electric Company,
Edison Building, Broad Street, New York, for any additional in¬
formation which you may desire concerning the system.
Yours very truly.
Ho En<
Oct. 17th, 1891.
George S. Hart Esq., President,
Second Avenue Railroad Company,
Second Avenue & Ninety Sixth Street, New York
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your esteemed
favor of the 7th instant in regard to my new system for applying
electricity to street railways. I note your remarks relative to
the possibility of your Company affording me an opportunity to
test the same on your road, and I appreciate them very rruch. The
system in question was, however, devised by me for the Edison
General Electric Company, whose address is the Edison Building,
Broad Street, New York, and such an arrangement as you suggest
would require to be made With them. Personally, I am in favor
of putting the invention in practical operation in New York City
Yours very truly.
No Enc
October 17th, 1821,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir: --The Edison Phonograp-h Works have on hand
89 j 000 cylindersjready for shipment. The shipments on account of
the North American Phonograph Company average about three thousand
cylinders per week, which. KBan3 that the Works have a six months
{/-= ( jL-o-'<xyh$\
supply ahead. igVswa^th was talking a few days ago about starting
up -the wax factory at Silver lake, but in view of the abovo^oondi-
tion of affairs it will of course be entirely unnecessary,, re open
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October 17th, 1891.
Thorra s A. Edison, Esq.,
Edison laboratory, Orange,
.T.
Dear Sir: —
patentable, and if so,
a patont?
Ho c-nc.
Is our method of labelling Musical Records
do vou consider it worth while Jfrting nut
H.F.
Edison General Electric Co.
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CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
»/ Vernon Senilln».
Name of Vernon l!ecci Vina.
. Kr lie . fiu ire
Time.
whom roMilved :
lii’ A. 0. Tate , Assistant .
Mr Thomas lie (fttiro Laboratory .
Ho chock r«t co ivccl in May Edison Company . Is that t
X'irat chock i'or this year , What was the amount ( total J roec
fluring IS90 . Y/hat I wish to ascertain is if wo arc to rccoivo
anothof?. romittanco i'or tho end of this' year .
Reply
11.20
there
Bn remittance!
a clock rocoi'
i Paris Edison Company ,
24th 1891 for $ 27G7.77 ,
s was $ 4453. 9G
tl am
1890 from Pari:
Edison General Electric Go.
OFFICE OF SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE. /'I
, whom received, Hr. A. 0. Tate
i,om sent, Mr. Thomas Moot ire.
1, receive from the Company Continental Eileen of Parle,
remittance t.ice a year Per accent of the Eii.on Electric LI
Company of Emnpe, Llmltei. The cheek, ore paid In the Eerop
company by Mr. P. S. Haatlnsa. Let me too, the dote and .mot
the last check received from Mr. Hastings. ,. ; .
nn,,. last chock on account of coupon <
H.I\
i Jr
}&■
V j V
Edis on Bui Id ing , tlev^ York.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX October 20th, 1891.
H. B . Auch inclo s s , Esq.,
Llewellyn Park,
Orange, N.J.
My Dear Mr.Auchincloss:-
I want to obtain some of the musical
records of the New Jersey Phonograph Company but do not wish them
to know they are fbr me. Would you have any objection to pur¬
chasing these for me? If. not, will you kindly write to the New
Jersey Phonograph Company and askthem to send you a catalogue of
the musical records. When you receive this kindly let me have it
and I will indicate \faat records I wish, to buy and will then ask
you to place an order far them. I would not trouble you in this
connection but I know of no other of our friends in New Jersey
who holdja license from the New Jersey Company.
Yours very truly,
'Private Secretary.
1>(1
Edison Building, New York.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX October 20th, 1891.
Joseph Hutchinson, Esq.,
Care Of Edison General Electric Company,
No. 29 2 Avenue B. Hot York City. N. Y.
My Dear Hutchinson:-
Will you please write to tte New York Phono¬
graph Company and get for me a catalogue of their musical cylin-
ders; after I hwo "obtained this I rill indicate vfrat records I
v/ish to purchase and will obtain them through youj I do not want
it known whom they...are for.
Yours truly;
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX October' 20th, 1891,
er Miller, Esq.,
Care of Edison Manufacturing Company,
Orange, N. j,
Bear Sir:-
Roferring to your let t er of the 14th instant I
written for a catalogue of the Nov, Yorfc Phonograph Company’s
il records and have sent a letter to Washington to obtain
; cords no want to get from them-
Yours trul y ,
. dQifcf ^
H . vl. .. . l},";,,. ‘ 1
42 Broad Street, Not/ York.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Ootober 20th, 1891.
(Personal)
P.Z.Maguire, Esq.,
1307 I’. Street,
Washington, D.C.
My Dear Maguire:-
I wait, to obtain one each of the following
musical cylinders which are sold by the Columbia Phonograph Com¬
pany. I do not wish ttiem to know for whom they are purchased, and
if ;you can obtain them and ship them to me at the Laboratory I
would bo very much indebted. They issue a catalogue which you
can easily get hold of, and if you will advise me of the amount
necessary to cover the purchase I win forward it to you imnediate-
ly.
No . 1.
No. 16
No. 37
No. 4
Marches .
No. 3. No. 14
No. 21 No. 25
No. 41 No. 43
Polkas.
No. 9 No. 15 No. 21.
WaltzeB .
No. 3
No. 7
42 Broad Street, Hew York.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
long in
that, y/e
as soon
Ho. 2 No. 4
Ho. 6 No. 7
Ho. 9 No. 10
No. 5
No. 8
No. 14
Artistic ghiwt.Upp.
No.l No. 7 No. 12 • No. 16
Recitations .
No.l No. 2 No. 3 No. 4.
I am sorry that v/e have had to keep you in suspense si
regard to your coming to Not York; it is very probable
will want you within a day or two . I will telegraph yoi
as I am advised.
Yours very truLy,
eic .
KF-MAC
Ediscn Building, Mew York,
- October 19 ih , 1891 ,
Miss J. T, Spaulding,
Box 179, Dedham, Hass,
My Dear MiBS Spaulding: -
Mr. Edison desires me to thank you for
your kind letter of the 13th instant, I cannot say now definitely
what will be done ,!/i respect to the Toy Company, but I have very
strong hopes that a satisfactory solution of the problem will be ar¬
rived at before a great while. I know that Mr. Edison has been
very unfairly criticised in this connection, but I think the record
shows very clearly he is in no way responsible for the present un¬
fortunate state of affairs. He made an offer to the stockholders
which they declined to accept, outvoting me at the last annual
meeting. I cannot speak with certainty of the Company's projects
because I am in no position of authority in its councils, nor is
Mr. Edison. My hope for the future is based upon my belief that
the people in interest will not allow a valuable property to remain
unproductive for an indefinite period.
T/iis letter embodies my personal opinion and is in no way in¬
tended as an indi*'ation of the intentions of each or any of the
parties in interest for none of whom can I 3peak
Yours traly,
36
Edison Building, Broad St. , N. Y.
CTO
- — - - Oct. 20th, 1891.
Joseph Thompson Esq., Attorney at La*,
"Law Building", Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. V. H. Ernst has kindly eiven me permission to
to., w, ...rage batten,, air.., .a m. t0 you for teB otllt
*M,h x a..i„ to t0 cm.aot tho M4son labor_
■tory, Orange, Bo, Jereey. will you be kina enough to let „
knov; v;hen these go forward?
Yours very truly, f '
'<0
Private Secretary.
Edison Building, Broad St., M. Y.
Oct. 20th. 1891.
CFW -
tfessro. Dyer & Seely,
• #36 Wall Street, Hew York City.
Dear Sirs:-
Will you please obtain 'for me copies of United
States Patents #417,158, -EcptcrAsr 10th, 1889, and #40^002, July
30th, 1889, issvied to Victor H. Ernst for storage batteries. ...
■n
Yours very truly , • ,
;• . : J' , . -V
Private Secretary.
36
42 Broad Street, New York.
•XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX October 20th, 1891.
Gladstone, Esq.,
Edison Manufacturing Company,
Referring to your letter of the 14th instant in
regard to cells which you have prepared for shipment, I have al¬
ready given you instructions in regard to the fifteen "C" cells
rationed there in.fn regard to the others, one full set, that is
one^single set A.C.D.E.G.K.M.P.T, one family faradic, one physic¬
ian's faradic, one Galvanic and one endoscopic, is to be sent to
J.Block, Moscow, Russia via Hamburg, and the other set to j.Block,
St. Petersburg, Russ
1 Hamburg, both sets to be forwarded on thr¬
ough bills of lading. They will be charged to Philip S.Dyer's
consignment account. Forward the bills of lading to me as soon as
you have made the shipment; the cells will of course go by freight
Yours truly,///., ,
r i
lroad street, N. Y.
Oot. 21st,
)?• P. Dv/ijjji* Bsq.,
Groat Northwestern Telegraph Company ,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
My Dear Mr. Dwight
I have received from a number of our
people who have been in Toronto ve-„ „
’ very one oura^ing reports in re-
fiard to the Edison lalando Battery whicn ,
you have had on test '•'t
Toronto. is it yatr intention to extend thi- , /
extend tms equipment, nA1 would
y«. h.v. ,ry to „* , „r t„.
yours very truly .
Sm*
m
w
II o Enc.
Huntington Smith, Esq.,
#65 Pleasant Street,
Dorchester, MasB.
Dear Sir: —
I beg to. acknowledge with this, receipt of your letter
of the 17th instant, enclosing clipping from the Boston Herald, in
which is reproduced my letter to you of January 6th last.
I regret exceedingly the turn these affairs have taken, and
X assure you that acting in Mr. Edison's behalf I did everything
in my power to avoid the result which I clearly saw was inevitable
unless our proposition or one equally as good waB carried out.
No other proposition vas made than the one submitted by Mr. Edison
in the Circular Letter to Stockholders before their adjourned
meet in^&n the 13th of October, 1890. The gentlemen who at that
time controlled the Company continued in power with what effect
Yours very truly,
No enc.
Private Secretary.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Ne* Jersey- & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
Ogden 8 burg, N. J,
My Dear Mr. Edison: ~
I enclose herewith, a letter from Mr.
Huntington Smith, of Dorchester, Mass, to which is attached clip¬
ping from the Boston Herald of the 17th instant which reproduces
a letter which I addressed to Mr. Smith in January last.
I had an idea when I wrote this letter that at some time or
other it would be published. In view of the present situation
I think it shows up very well, and will serve the
purpose I had in view of Betting you straight before: the stock¬
holders.
Yours truly,
fft-
Ene. F. 6.
cm
Edison Building, Broad St., N. Y,
_ Oct. a fith , 1891.
Thoms Maguire Esq.,
Edis on La bo rato ry,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 23rd instant,
would it. not be a good idea for Walter Miller to pack some of his
cylinders in cotton batting, and for you to request the Companies
to let us know how they are received, so that we may decide
practical test.whether this method is better than the one v/e
are now using; we mu3t of course use up all of the paste-board
boxes which we have on hand before any general change is made.
Yours truly, ""
Private Secretary.
Edison Building, Broad
cm
St., N. Y
Thomas Maguire TSsq,,
> 2Gth, 1891,
Edison Bab ora to ry.
Orange, M. j.
Be or Sirr-
I hand you herewith, letter
from the
Assistant
Manager of the Schenectady Works, in regard
to the twe
) horse-power
fan not or which we wish to obtain for Walter
Miller.
Tell Walter
Miller that we cannot get one of these motori
3 under two months, and
referring to other correspondence which I hai
re subnitt
ed to you.
ask him what he wishes us to do, and advise n
le,
Yours truly,
) P': f
421
October 2Gth, 1891 „
Th arras Maguire Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orar^e , N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Major Eaton lias bonded to me y&ir letter to hiim
under date of the 24th instant in regard to draft of resolution to
be passed by the Board of Directors of the Edison Phonograph Works
in relation to the deeding of Watchung Avenue. I beg to advise you
that I have received this draft from Major Eaton, and that it is
now in the hands of Mr. H. C. Ware of the Edison Phonograph Works;
I instructed Kir. Ware to bring it forward at the next meeting of
the Phonograph Works' Board? you should make a note of this also,
so that between you it. .trill not be overlooked. ^
Your 3 truly.
Private SecneifiVy.
T. A. EDISON.
Edison Building.
New York.
24th October. 189a.
The Edison General Electric Co .
J- P. Ord Esq. Comptroller,
. a.- N e w York.
Dear Sir, ' ,
I w w h»..u„ Moratory Mil. fpr exp.rtomt9 „„„
1Uot,d In the Ml.on laboratory for .ooount of the Ge„.r#1
Electric Co during the „onth of September lam, amounting to
83,760 15 please BOknowle.lge receipt
Yours tvaly
Private Secretary.
AOT/HEJ
Snc
43‘B
tE.-'A. R n T, s 0 N
7
Edison Building
He* *ork.
34 th October 1891,
(/7»
Edison Oeheral Electric Co,
'*• p> 0rd Es,l. Comptroller.
N e w Y o r k.
Bear sir,
I herewith Imnd w hill for li» Wm,«mh, exhibit at
the fentr.,1 ixhihition, which' ie re»c.r„a again* you in ecocrhcnoe'
with the arrangement medc hy the he.on.i Vic. hreeihent. ^ .mounting
to S5*.V8. There 1, another hill for a .-mailer amount, whloh t
"* "lswtine' “»> >» reeaw to which I will communicate with you later.
Yours truly
\ Private Secretary
aot/kej
Enc
Edison ButlrlingO
Nsw York .
3*th October 1891.
North American Company.
Mills Building,
New York city.
Dear Sire, • -.r, .
I hand you herewith biil« asiirist ybur Company for
evpsriments ooncMoted at bison'* Laboratory on your behalf
dwtng the .month of Septanber 1891, amounting to §969.89.
Plsaso acknowledge receipt and oblige v
Yours truly
Private Secretary.
AOT/KEJ,
October 27th, 1S01.
t
4
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Neiv Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
Ogdensburg, N. J.
Dear Mr. Edison; —
I hand you herewith, copy of letter from Charles
E. Pugh, General Manager, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in regard
to the installation of Phonoplex Circuits on the lines of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad and the Baltimore
& Potomac Railroad.
X also attach a reply to this c omniuni anti on which % have
drafted, and which I wish you would kindly sign end return to ,* .
Of course, since the original contract with the Pennsylvania Rail¬
road was made our rates on Phonoplex Circuits have changed, but
I do not consider it wise to decline to aootsed to Mr. Pugh's wish,
that the operation of the circuits which he proposes to in,
for the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, should jp- ,
come under the contract with^the Pennsylvania R. R. Company.
Charles E. Push, Ksq. , General Manager,
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railway ho.,
#S33 South 4tn St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Replying to your letter of the S^th instant i
to the use of Phonoplex circuits on the lines of the Phil
Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad and the Baltimore & Potent
I agree with you that the operation of those lines comas .
the spirit of the agreement between myself and the Penney;
Railroad Company,
rate agreement.
t necessary to oxecu
October 28th, 189
CFW
Thomas Maguire Esq.,
Edi s on Lab ora to ry ,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Rop lying to your letter of the 27th instant, M
Mead has never advised me of acceptance of the deed of Wat chung
Avenue. You might drop him a note.
Yours truly
- ***»•
Private Secretary.
October 28th, Mgi#
°a™ °r *i.« * Lewis
Uear Sir:-
’’“““"g, S.„ y.
R©fori?i j^r tQ +i
- — wy ror inr_Hon ;; - >«. «.
, *■« - :;;d t0 ~ - — «. M,
anda in Mr. Eclisnn, u ' h£>Vo found a lot 0f 0jh
',‘*on s „„ieh "»»-
tot himself to e*plei„. - ' r°<- toy-
‘tose ..toow^ nS 'to* h. reeeiv.,,
*•- * -*-«.»«, t j rr
«»r.y sometime „hea tfc. Edison „ th "* ‘° “ “ tol»*-
“ taV- ~ =« egotism ss f ^ 013
**— '» «* »>»t .his ,0UM bo ** te 10 to so.
“ t,”'“aeh ° *— - Ptoses,, h “ *» «.t„
*'• Pto «sh to have ,h.. Eal„ , ' “* y°"r «"
stenographer, J >u * ^,a"ali* ‘toon by s
”*P. «»t the,, 0. .^“ lB ''™' 1 *«"' thought, „o„..
•'tots. ” »Pon these sub-
45.0
irring to your letter of the 21st instant, will.
• p i e is e v aw omb or that i’. r.Philip S . D y er ,
sraet ed in our bus inei
j far as he can make sales.
Mr. Dyer has not been given any contingent interest in cu.r success,,
therefore any expense connected, with providing material for Mr.
Dyer must be born by ourselves. I have very strong hope that
before long wo willbo in a position to charge against Mr. Dyer not .
only the freight charges that
s obliged to advance on ship¬
ments for bis account but that all supplies forwarded to him may
be billed against an' advance account. We up to the present tins
are not in a position to ask Mr. Dyer to bear this expense, tnere-
fore I. think you had bettor open an account in your books called
•European Sales Account" and in the course of a month or two you
will charge the whole of this against Mr. Dyer. Please remenibei
ate account so that when M.r.Dyer is
our affairs actively wo will be in a
Yours very truly.
No
45
October 28th, 1801.
Miss V. W. McRae, Manager,
“Tho Phonogram"
#87 Pulitzer Building, :rew york oity>
hoar Madam: —
I mam herewith, lott.r .r A. 0Mflela
3.. „o. MsloMa ,lt|, ymu. OOTO1„tlontaasr Mth
instant.
The Edison-Lalande Battery ia solt, +h„ u SB*
y sold thiough regular supply
houses; we do not establish agencies.
Yours truly.
7,4
/
Enc. F. 15.
If'
p
46 Q
October 27th, 1891.
C. J. Fiela, J33q.,
Field Engineering c6„,
Liberty & V/est Sts., New York City.
Dear Sir:- ^
Mr. Rdio on has read your letter of 20th instant, and
in reply he nan instructed ** to inform you that it £t00 early
yet to do anything in connection with the Edison plant which it i,
proposed to establish in the City of Newark. Mr. Edison says
further that he will be pleased to throw any business he can ir
your way.
Private Secretai?
Yours
ry truly,
Super inti
Company Limited
your
handed
Juropoan Sales Agent,
. ° Si>> J°hn bonders Ph<
C0lQn0l c°uraud
■'otire
I'. a i s on Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company,
#15 Doy St,, hew York City.
Dear Sirs:--
Ro Projected Suits by Yeomans against
Edison ami Others.
I believe you are aware that Ur. D. M. Yeomans, who went to.
Europe in 1889 on business connected with the affairs of your
Company, has commenced suit against Mr. Eo'ison, and also against
each of the gentlemen v/ho at that time were Trustees of the Toy
Company, for alleged misrepresentation..
Mr. Edison's Counsel wishes t,o procure a copy of the pros¬
pectus issued by Mr. Yeomans in London, and which was published,
if I recollect rightly, in the"ii,inancial Hows’* . A copy of this
journal was sent, to Boston, nnd it is probable that your At to me
nr. W. S. Hutchinson is aware of its whereabouts at the present
time. If you can kindly let me have this, I will see tht it is
returned to you after our Counsel has made use of it. \le believe
that when Mr. Yeoman's Attorneys have been shown the claims sot
.ip by Mr. Yeomans in this prospectus, they will understand^ ai
mraud and the London Stereoscopic Company.
46
U^(L
October fiqt.h, 18C'l.
Co1* George S. Gouraud, Esq.,
little Menlo, upper llorv/ood, Surrey, England.
My Dear Col. Gouraud
Mr. D. A1a Yeomans, who in the
**“ °f 1,389 «° of th. Toy Phonograph
Company bnalnaao In Surnp., 1, hrinsin* „u .^ina, Mi<(m
for alleged misrepresentation.
Hr. Miaon'a Counsel desires to obtain . oopy „f „„
"financial tlo».",,hloh contains ,ho , _ ..
contains tho pnonpoctnc tarn, ad 0, »r.
Voomans. I do not recollect the dot. of thl. lasna, nor hav. I
any record of tho asm., bnt »lth„ut a.nbt u ytm„ m<>
or can bo Procured by yon from tho office of tho
Will yon bo food ononnh t„ obtain a copy lt >ft[
receipt of thin latter ns Prnotio.bl.l Mr. noisome Uonnsel alao
...shea to revd.s tho record of th, amts br„n„ht esinst
in London m tho n.m, of tho London storaoscopio Company and the
Edison united Phonograph Company. »hat »o especially lllt.
arc the movlne pap.,.. „p„» „Mch a„
Probably tho complain, formod or th„ ^ ^
The complaint, if drawn according
practice in this country
W°Uld 8Gt UP the Patents "hich the London Stereoscope
474 I
Manufacturing Company,
V.'hat progress arc you ma Ping vd th the new zinc
electors , we ought to get these in service at the earliest
ever receive copies of the requests of the Un-
i States Government for bids on electric installations; 1 think
sould submit, estimates for some of the material used by the
information.. I am looking the matter up
The bottles of oil which you send ii* should bear a label
indicating the cell with which each is to be used; -Ba'cieaM, supplies
this oil hap-hazard without any regard whatever o the size of the
cell, and the chances are that all the batteries sold by him have
Been set up with an insufficient quantity of oil. Why not label,
these boitles with the letter by which the cell is designated?
. . . y'W"
■JoJm f\ Randolph Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange , H. j,
Lear Sir:-
letter of the 28'th inst
:vfor year ending October
rant now a record of all
chargeable against him per-
I am much obliged;.^
0 nclis ing statement of "dead1
1st 18*1, amounting to $22,113.30?
v/orh conducted by Mr. Edison which
sonally, but v,i4Ch d0es not come under the head of "Laboratory
Work" and cannot tr^refoj-e be billed against the Edison General
Electric Company under our contract with them;' you mentioned a nun
ber of thes^^^ipts to me on the telephone the other day. Plea:
send this right in. j
Yours truly,
%w?.
Private Secretary.
49
H. B. Auchinoloss, Eeq.,
Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J.
Dear Mr. Auchinoloss
October 30th, 1891
I am very much obliged for the
Catalogue of the New Jersey Phonograph Company, and which I will
return to you in a few days.
Yours truly, / //'.>
Private. Secretary.
No
October 31st, 1891.
Thomas Maguire, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:—
Please send me copies of any papers that are in the
safe relating to the license given by Mr. Edison to the London
Stereoscopic & Photog^piUo Company; also copy of the license it¬
self, if it is there. Give this irmiediate attention as our
Counsel is waiting for these copies *„r use in connection with
the suit which has been brought against Mr. Edison.
Yours truly, '*2 Ai •>
Private ‘Secretary.
October 31st, 1891.
J r Gladstone, Esq.,
Edison Manufacturing Company,
1 have your letter of the 30th instant. You, of course
understand that we cannot i
that ie going to increase
the coat of our cells. I thought that bytfdisoarding the
separator at present in use, and using one of the new model, the
change, could be made without any ina A^whatever, and I atill
hopa you Will be able to accomplish this.
October 31st, 1891.
I
■ ‘M
'll,.
Thomas Maguire, Esq.,
Edison laboratory,
0 ranee, N. J.
Dear Sir: —
«r. Edison ta started !»., north on ,o». 8*p8ri„8»ta
t. obtain an inflating for „„ ^ ^
Yon have on m. eorr.epond.noe 0„ thl8 „bj80t, ; ^
to be kept posted from time to time a, to the prognose or th«se^
experiment ^
Yours truly, .///.
f/fy*
Private Se
* ■ r 1? ,^y», * 2jy
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Care of The Haw Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
Ogden sburg, N, j.
My Pear Mr. Ed is cn:-
X hand you herewith a statement of receipts
and expenses of the "Phonoplox" from the 1st. of January 1891 to
the 1st of September 1891 a period of eight months, which shows
that the excess of receipts over expenses, including material on
hand, is $675.39. All the material^in value $523.80 is goodf it
consists chiefly of Condensers in perfect order which we will of.
course use fran time to time as they are required. Our revenue
from royalties for these eight months is $932.32. The amount
to the credit of the account is not very large but I know it will
be a satisfaction to you'to see that this business is self-snstain
ing. I know you appreciate the up hill work v/hich I have had in
introducing the system with no support whatever from the Western
Union Telegraph Company, who cent rol a very large majority of the
telegraph lines throughout the country. From this time fb rward
I can make a better showing as I am able to employ Logue.in otter
thus
directions and relieve the account of his expanse during periods
when he i:s not directly employed upon that work.
Yohrs very truly,
Care H.J. and Pennsylvania Concentrating Dorics ,
Ogdeusburg, If. j.
i the first day of October 1891 the Edi-
s Company had a debi
u of §99,729.78, of 1
their books against
* being represented l
this amount v,e have charged the Edison General Electric Company ,
Experiments prior to Oct. 1st, 1890. §32,721.63
Bills rendered for experiments during
the year Oct. 1st, 1890 to Oct .1st, 1891. §31,994,64
Total* $64,716.*27
Leaving a net debit against you of §35,013.51
Ue have not yet billed the Edison General Company for that
portion of the Laboratory generally referred to as “One-Quarter •'
whicn belongs to you personally and the expense of which they are
under their contract required to pay. In this connection I enclose
herewith two statements which I have marked -'A- and »B\ and which
outside persons
all the accounts which have not
•> or in other words which rq>re
t been billed agaij
expenditures. V/e can bill alL thejitems on statement “A"
>ortion of the La bon
you, but I am in doubt i
namely, Wica Mines ,,
. ‘ and Morristown, Magnetic Pol . n
Ogden, Gut* i in c ^ole line at
ng kAca at Ogden and Triple pY nnn .
I wish t ^ Expansion Engine models.
.zi:rh'twnr~— — .
0;r;;.7 rr" ,h° ■u~ — — *.*
or course i can obtain Major Pa-nn' =
- not think f , a ' ^ ' Ha .on s opinion, but r do
— 7"““'
.A! toseth,„ .lthz;r ^
„ „ n ,eh ltems on statement
o able to charge against the Edison General Company,^
b” W**‘ - “* >—«* -gains. you
” 6111 1”‘h of **«• •*«•—«. nr as th.y m ,« c V
“e "“er°l C‘""P"l> *b“,t «*• tbdus.nd do liars , Kv-ry oU„r
-oo„„, „„ L.bora.ory „ Mu,4 om; for lnstenc0i ^
railoay ..part-nt. m M11- against tbs M Amarican ^
“ ’* °°U““ tM« on»„ „„th tTOntr dws
•no,. tbs .ill. nave neon pne.onted; w ,it„ Ib.„lut8 ^
.n«y. ««• ««.. the ^ ^ ^
“ ‘h9 “ »*- to tbo y„k Con.
«n, rating Wonka. IhB bm. „„ against tbs „„
Killing Company era of sours, dafarrod for .
taking than- dsmand note: tho amount i, about *38,000.00. You
can ProPorly o.n.idon .has. s -A- and „
showing absolutely all the e-vnonm, or „„„ _ _
that;
5 amount which you j
is the aggregate or such it.
otaiemencs as
17" “ r011",ea ““ — * r. a. account
? * e„
this matter a littin 1 *
a little later on in another letter.
Private Secretary.
, , ro'J “f 0° ‘" a-4—* *» **.■***+
‘ “ » «• **««., any deb* SSMa
a< you which is left .„Mln- , „ * *S
“ thls *"““•* »U1 be set. asais.t
“ *" ^ «• -*■« »de by iwrm.
7“ which you Introduced and ot„.r UScd by the
th° • - -* - - «. ,. *»
within a very short time.
the intention to have the flguri
5
MEMORANDUM FOR MAJOR EATON:
November 4th, 1891
1 return you herewith Mr. Bush's letter of the 13th ultimo.
I have had a very satisfactory interview with Mr. Edison upon this
subject, and want to see you as soon as possible so that we can
discuss what modifications we should propose to Bush. Mr. Edison
denied absolutely that he had made any arrangement whatever with
Auerbaoh, or that anyone except myself is authorized to deal with
the Phonqgraph matter. This ought to be satisfactory to Mr. Bush,
as you know full well that I have had nothing flo do with the mat¬
ter except through yourself. ,
Enclosu
FBM J
November 3rd, 1891,
Major S, B. Eaton,
Edison Building,
#42 & 44 Broad Street, New York City.
Dear Major Eaton: —
1 hand you herewith, original letter from
the Company Continental Edison, addressed to the Edison Electric
Light Company of Europe, Limited, and containing advioes of the
intention of the former Company to cease payment of annuities
of oortain French, Austrian, Spanish and Belgian patents.. It is
our custom to bring to Mr. Edison’s attention the United States
Patents which correspond with foreign paterrtB that are about to he
abandoned, and if you will be kind enough to advise me of the
numbers of the United States patentB affected as before, I will
have the matter placed before Mr. Edison and ascertain his wishes..
His decision should be framed by you as the legal representative
of the Edison General Electric Company in case he decides. 'to
permit any. of these foreign patents to be abandoned. I have not
yet acknowledged the letter of the Company Continental Edison
attached, and will not do so until I h?r£ your and Mr. Edison’s
November 3rd, 1891.
Thomas }?«• lombard, Esq., Vice President,
The Norti? .Amorifian Phonograph Company,
#14 & lfl jSi01,1*13 st*> Jersey City, N. J.
Dear
ft*piyifcg tty «iMfr i«#»* <* th* &*:***» ln regard to
the aoeounte of Mos„pa, .HqUMA **- the Phonograph Exhibit
at Montreal, Iftien I 85iftyi?saBd my fanner- eeffln&uniiration to you,
refusing to Cdpsiden the hills which tb&y presented, I intended
at the flame time to Write you AnothaW eomplaining of their
failure to carry out an important par-th of understanding, .but
waa prevented from-ploiqg ?«. ?ntfkt*AQiy by the press of other work.
I wish to pay nqw that J wn very much disappointed at the
nsanner in which they received my proposition. It was very clearly
understood between you and- myself that a certain number of Niekle-
in-the-Slot-Machines were to have been placed in the Montreal
Exhibition for the purpose of collecting a revenue from the public
to reduo e our expenses, and the arrangement which I suggested
regarding the disposition of these anticipated proceeds was, I
think, a most liberal one. Messrs'. Holland Brothers failed
absolutely in this part of the undertaking, with the -result /
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(2)
that v« have had no opportunity whatever to recoup ourselves for
the laras outlay with which we are already burdened, sir3 on top of
this, they have attempted to collect their own re1’ »onal expenditure8
just as though they had absolutely no interest in the Exhibition,
and were extending a privilege instead of receiving a favor.
I am utterly at a loss to understand the condition of mind
of these gentlemen, which prompts them to make such claims. I
thought when I made the suggestion in regard to exhibiting the
Phonograph that its liberality would be appreciated, but it has been
received in an entirely different spirit whioh will .certainly not
tend to benefit your Canadian Agents so far as future assistance is
concerned.
As for yourself, please understand that I. do not consider, you
a party to their faults. If at any time I can serve you, I will
do so now as cheerfully as I have done in the past.
Yours truly,
- -
QjsQsjJgdd.-
Private Secretary.
No
547
H.V. /
\;J ' ! November 5th,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Care of The N.J. and Pa. Concentrating Works,
Ogdeneburg. N. J.
Dear Mr.Hdison:-
^s.
I hand you herewith a letter from the E.S.
Greeley and Company towhichis attaoehd one of their special cata¬
logues in regard to the Edison lalande Battery. I made an arrange¬
ment with the E. S. Greeley and Compsny in regard to the sale of
batteries in Central and South America, and tteir communication
which I now hand you is inresponse to my enqui ry. regarding the
progress of their work in those c oun tries .where they hWe an ex-
' cellent connection. Up to the present time they have not done any
large amount of business, but, as they state, they have been en¬
gaged upon the preliminary woik of introduction. We are watching
them very closely and will push than vigorously in the same way
as we have conmenced to push all the other Supply Houses who handle
0ur goods. I have now a proposition, which I will send you in a
day or two, in regard to the sale of Batteries in Great Britain;
I think you will consider it entirely satisfactory, and it will
permit us to canmence shipping goods to Great Britain imnediately
after Mr.Philip S.Dyer returns to London; he expects to go back
in about a fortnight. Please return to me Greely's letter and die
catalogue attached.
Yours veiy truly, j-.-’j-
Enc.H.l. Private Secretary.
■ ■ V’* >•- rwnrw
/ P\ (o
November 5th, 1891.
E. Hi Lewis, Esq.,
Care of Messrs. Eaton & Lewis,
Edison Building, Broad St., New York City.
Dear Sir:— j:
I handed you this morning, a copy of the London !
Financial News, which contains the Yeomans Prospeotus, and which
I should be glad to receive back again as sooa as you fave finished
with it, as it is the property 'of Mr. J. W. Mackintosh of Boston P *
who will probably use it in connection with the suit which Mr. h
Yeomans has brought against him in conjunction with the other .j
gentlemen, who at the time this prospectus was issued were Birei' j|p
of the Toy Phonograph Company. r also handed you the fol-' 1
(1) Copy of License , T, A. Edison to the London Stereosco
& Photographic Company to work part of patent dated SO
July, 1887, #2909
(2) 3vt of that part of the License of the 22nd of March,
relating to royalties payable thereunder.
(3) Agreement between T. A. Edison and the London stereosc
and Photographic Company as to payment in advance of r
under License, dated 22nd day of March, 1878.
Y/ill you please acknowledge receipt of the above?
(2)
55
i
stated to you orally, I do not think the documents relating to the
London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company are complete. We have
yet to hear from Col. Gouraud in regard to the suit brought by
himself and the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company against
t.r. Yeomans' Company. l presume we will have some word from
Col. Gouraud within ten days time.
Yours truly,
Private^S-ecretary.
From whom received : Mr Sami ol Insull ao^posi^i^ V\
To whom gent: Mr Thomas A, Edison , Ogdon Minos .
Edison General Company 's Company .stock quoted at 94 ,
About eleven o’clock it was 90 . The transi'or-books wore opened
yesterday , there wore quite a number of shares offered at 97 ,
and a few fractional points over that figure but no dealings took
place „ V/o cannot at present account for this fall ; Droxel ,
liorggn & Company do not know vriiat to make of it , they simply
content tSip: 'selves- by saying that the market, for the security is
demoralized , The order you gave Butlor has not boon executed and
will bo hold for the present . Am myself making further inquir-
Edison General Electric Co.
CONFIRMATION OF MESSAGE.
■onfirmaHon tlioulU be checked wUh the original message Immediately on ■,
be assumed to be correct unless advised to the contrary by telephone.
re Sending. ' Name of Person Jteceiviny.
v S:s.itwl Ausull Second Vi a a Preside nl
v Thonas A, .Edison , Ogdon Mines „
Hr Wo taler of the " Elo ctrical Engineer " tv on. Id
out to Ogdon tomorrow to tal k with you about what you V
connection with the electrical railroad . I should be i
authorize u
would see Mr Vfotzlor as X would like an authoratative
t published in one of the loading electrical Journals <
jeet. » Please let ms know whether it is agreeable to yc
Wc taler should go to Ogden . ?
Reply o
Mr Edison says tint he cannot peer, ibly see Mr V/el
rrow on account of Mr Lewis coding up .
revet tuul :
56#
November St.h, .1891 ,
D. H, Louderback Esq,,
#5X9 Dearborn Avenue,
Chicago., Ills.
Dear Sir:-
Mr„ Edison has received your letter of the 2nd in¬
stant, and asks me to say in reply that it is quite impossible for
him, at this time, to make any promises concerning his new system
of Electric Railway Propulsion. The apparatus has been tested
experimentally at the Laboratory on a track built for the purpose, •
but before it can be offered generally to the public it must be
submitted to a series of practical tests and the point at which
these will be made has not yet been selected. It is very prob¬
able that requirements will be developed of which we are not now
aware', and altogether the matter is in too indefinite a state to
permit of aAy assurance being given you in regard to the time when
apparatus could be furnished $s£S for the road in Chicago which you
contemplate equipping. The practical tests to which I refer will
be made under the imnediate supervision of the Edison General Elec¬
tric Company, through whom the new system will eventually be given
to the public. .
Yours very truly. - rs\ —
N° en°- t . Priyate .SeerfeyT^
57
EBM
"V
November 10th, 1891.
Thomas Maguire, Esq.,
EdiBon Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir: —
I hand you herewith, a conmunication from the Orange
Mountain Cable Company in regard to a piece of track which thesis
'building in West Orange, and upon which they suggest Mr. Edison
should test his new system of Electric Railway Propulsion.
When Mr. Edison returns to Orange, place this .conmunication
before him, and let me knew what he thinks of the suggestion.
Yours truly
Privatfr^sVcretary .
Eno , F« 23 .
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44
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u
£ Novenfcer 12 th, 1891.
J.P.Skehan, Esq., J ■ ff
Care of Spencer, mask & ConpaHy*
16 & is Broad Strfeet*
My Dear Mr.Skehartji.
m reply to y tup letter Of a. 7th
I am sorry that I cannot eive vm,
U **y ln^orimti9R in regard to Mr,
“ “me" of El0"-i” «“i«r PWtou „„,t to .
v=ny S.nor.1 .ay. in eaperimehtal ^ ^ ^
-nopatopy and the system ha. hee„
la, I believe, to sex opt atm, p„„a „n ,Mc„ mio , pr.„tl0U (Mt
and to develop the ayste. 1„ outmereui .ay. ^ ^
•at .ill be eon., tutted has no, y., teen deeided upon, „ „
determined by the Bdi.on Genaral Bla.trie c„„.»y „ eoneuxtation
Vith Mr.ldis on. The eyetem „iu te siven a, publl„ ttoollgh ^
Ml. on Genera! Gompany: i, is expensive ,m ... dashed f(, „.e
•nXy in 1.1*. eitie., I understand that Hr.su.., ha. stated that
t« .ill tan. probabXy a to „ue.t *u prMi^^f^{
tore an, (Un.ral applies,,.,, „e ma* of the syst,m. ^ \
Yours very truly,
BbWenjber-' -nth.-, 1881.
KdtBbMr &Wan Ohited ElbOtrltt ilghtinfl Cbmp’any,,
#100 VitJtCrifc Street* tondon, S. W.
I have confirmed elsewhere. aoehlegrem. sent you
to-day to the effect that the Edison General; Electric Company have
been approached with reference to the installation; by~thera of large
Central Station Plants in England, The people who have. made.- these
overtures are thamselvea financially strong,. aodare.ahle. fro- com--
mahd support of this character to an extent- Irtish •c.onpiaote! a-: me« of-
their ability to carry out any agreement;, ^
The opportunity thus . afferded„pt«Sent»:;itfei)^;t»;nfe,-as a most; • }
desirable one of which to take 6
subject to you in the belief that itj thia .re«®ac\t.,youy v.iewS‘ a)fdt-
mine will ocinatda. of «ww« thp basis , of- a^y arrahgam,bht: .
would involve the rsoogni,t(i.bP Of aj)y, of
mh, #m- &3.e» %> °***m$m ;|<J.13)4^;TP»Wa sg^
owned or operated by you covering; apparat^^ .S^loKad’L ra&wfo «
recognition would naturally take fom;.aP*-? 'ejfaj.ty paymiEffitb-;fe
your Cttnpany. 1 am satisfied.*!*** >tc^^ J
cure the installation a? a iarS®' w*ri&eT of ‘.x»l
in -Great ***** ** j
to your attention.
I trust that some ami<.able ana 9quitable arrangerant can be
made which will enable us to avail ourselves of the capital which
is seeking investment in our business, and is y on view the matter
favorably wo can proceed at once to adjust the various details.
61 1
Victor H. Ernst Esq.,
Care of The Hall Signal Company,
#128 & #130 Front Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Pear Sir:-
In reply to your letter of the 7t.h instant, X
beg to 3a y that^I have not yet received the cells which Mr. Thomp¬
son informed jpe,. he would send to the Laboratory. I will keep the
records. , of tests forwarded with your communication under reply,
pend^pg. the rocuj.pjt of ...the cells above, referred to. If these
cello do not reach the. Laboratory within the next two or three
days, I will write again to Mr, Thompson.
No End
< nomas K. Lombard Eat*.. »
VlCG President ,
The Worth American Phonograph Company,
Tho Edi son Phonograph Works hnv.
* t0: th8m nndor flate °f the loth instant
’,ds. which ‘were used' at ‘the Mont real -Exhii
'ifj?,1’?* ( to, ^hihrreo.oiids v/hioVi . «
. . mh Were ««* at the Montreal "Exhibit ion.
-^tM.M'MM***** . Mrtfe. or *. „„
/our „« ln w
fr„ thM ahlMti<
6 tair'ly °n6 °f thS b08t Exfl1 hit ions which has ever been
given oj^ the Phonograph, and,
terosted in merchandising this
■ the Peoplo who are directly
nstmment received benefit
>1,e reflection upon tho i
3 the records themselves ,
5ider the subject you would j
for th.„ at tho prlooo »hich „„ ^ ^
■esr of the c<
Arthur P.Hodgktns, &
CarS ° Edeifon Balding, »•* Tone.
November .19 th , 1S91 .
8Ubtf.1t iv.v - ff,- arils Mc.»ow«ui
.v, Five hundred doiltf'S.
to Mr. Dickinson '.a- - or fc-r months.
. <0-c this amount at **t,5ur 1
Me. Co van his no- - . ,, .,m ,-^ouire it.
I .an —— - «“ P8rf0a °f “ .’nnnnn ,. a- .«
, , . Mr. Me. Go vi an One Iwn-*1 -
yr.Mck^aon also . _ .u.lroltea, and took Mo-
wiaon ore Milling Company.
shares Edi9an Ihe certificates
which, he now no las.
— • • *— • f°; ;. " - - •— “ ^
..a. in tw„ » «» *»“ ‘
There was no actual trano er . ^ disayp8ared with him.
the Ore Milling Company to ^ ^ conditions,
(S1 X know of no othe- i
under any conditions vhats 3f stock of the Ecj
There were twenty-^ ,.ia- -
Ore ailline =WW. a 3MoKhol4o>- of
— “ s,i11 “ *” ’,0°'IS °f tM r«
eon* «*■ — ”f aK‘rS- rtltlo>te; „ .... —
s„o* ““ °"U
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' November 23rd, 1891-
Cere Messrs. Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau,
#1432 Broadway, New Yor1-
/ Dear Sir:-
In reply to your letter of the 19th instant, I
beg to say- that Mr. Edison is at, *he present time visiting some
mines inthe State of New Jersey, and the date of his return is
very uncertain... .1 think- it altogether probable however, that he
will be home within a week or ten days, and shall be glad to know
if it would be convenient: for Mme. Sarah Bernhardt to visit the
Laboratory when fir. Edison gets ?back. Should she desire to go
there before Mr. Edison re turns ,.;ij will. beVv.ery'. pleased to make
all necessary arrangements upon receipt of advice from you.
"ff. -/y '■ -<!. y -
Private Secretary.
cm
Hew York Concentrating Works,
November 24th, 1891.
Hew York*
Edison Sailing, Broad Street
Dear Sir:-
X enclose WWrntory Milo *T "
ox 0O0.0.O, XBOX. «-»«. - ««-«• "le“8
ledge receipt; /V'v. /.
YtfArs t J»l*. ,• ■‘ty&.&t '
J Prloota aicOO^oxy*
Enc. C. 2-
S7J~^
on" Nov embus’ Mth, ISsa.
Jersey & Psnna. Concentrating Works,
Edison Building, Broad St., Y0rf,
Dear Sira:-
I enclose herewith, laboratory bills against
y,ou for the month of Oc tolar, 1891, amounting to ^64^09.. Pleaaa
acknowledge receipt.
truly, .-•••• • ••
•• PWlvfttB Stj-ftO tOV.
Ska. 0* 1*
if-
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I
681:
November
’ignal Company,
-128 & 130 Front
Street
Irooklyn, N. Y,
receipt of
letter under date of the
Joseph Thompsc
advis ing
that
cells
Storage Battery were
Laborat
old style and eight
communication
Laboratory in
regard
advii
you further later
Yours very truly,
C.P.Chattorton, Esq. Woventoer S5th, -1891.
Care of Messrs. Abbey, Schoeff el & Grau
1432 Broadway, City. ’
Dea,r Sir:-
• ln Wply t0 *** 1*OP Of the S4th instant , I bag
to Say that I will -ad vie e .you as -soon as Mr. Edison returns to Orangn.
I ha4 a menage f ran him yesterday to the efftct that the =*te-of
r0tUm U ve,y Unoertai* •* *«••«*. but I think .« altogether
probable %m h0 wiu be homc withln ton days or ^
Tours very truly;'
°;cr
Privatja 6 caret ary.
or 6w,u, 3,
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[TRANSCRIPTION FOLLOWS]
November Jtoth, 1891.
Ma jo r S, Flood Page,
102 St. George's Square,
London, s. ?/. England.
My Dear Major:-
I to! received and read wthintoreet mr lot.
of the tod infant, „ _ vew each t„ „„„ f(, wur
offer aeeiet 1(i, „ „tM, p^rteMne. Jn &M, ^
I appreciate fhUy year rene*. cntearnln* p.st traneact-
iona, ana OT..H, care that the expert eneo »fU mprof.
' itaoie ec tor ac the ra-anfarc„m, of „r Jud^en, ie
Of oatrae at a,, pre.ea, tto. , ta n. ,f . p„„„nal
aataro thetreqoire, .ttchtioa, hat , ,ai to „,„a year
Bastion. I „i„h to say i„ core toe ion that I value very hlshly
the friendly attitad. .„ioh yoa pereoaaHy have ea.aye Mtotel„.d
Yours vexy truly,
H.F.
[TRANSCRIPTION]
November 28th, 1891
Major S. Flood Page,
102 St. George’s Square
London, S. W. England
My Dear Major: -
I have received and read with interest your letter of the 2nd instant, and
am very much indebted to you for your kind offer to assist me in my future
undertakings in Great Britain. I appreciate fully your remarks concerning past
transactions, and you may be sure that the experience will not be unprofitable
so far as the re-enforcement of our judgement is concerned. Of course at the
present time I have no business of a personal nature that requires attention,
but I will bear in mind your suggestion. I wish to say in conclusion that I value
vexy highly the friendly attitude which you personally have always maintained
toward myself.
Yours very truly,
Thomas A. Edison
No enc.
EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY OP EUROPE, LIMITED ■
December 3rd, 1891,
Herman DeSelding, Esq.,
#59 Liberty St., New York C:
I hand you herewith, Certificate #991 of the
Elect)
Light Company . of Europe, Limited for 893 shares
'ankor,
Lpt which I gave you on the 27th ult:
Yours truly,
Private Leo ret ary.
December 3rd, 1891.
Edison Building, New York.
My Dear Ma,J or Eaton:-
Referring to the attached correspon¬
dence, please note Mr. ^gdison's remarks in pencil on your letter
November 24th. Mr. Edison challenges us to explain that he is
not being taxed upon^patents. I am getting some information upon
this point from the Laboratory. -
December '3rd, 'lS^X.
M. D. Barr, Esq., District Manager,
Edison Ger.eral Electric Company,
#77 Bay St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Referring to your letter of the 20th ultimo in regarc
to the packing of the French Storage Battery, I find that this
work was done by two of Mr. Kennelly's assistants, both of wh,om
insist that the plates were packed very carefully in excels ion
in an. inch plank box, and .that any breakage must have been the
result of unusually rough handling. Mr. Kennelly. states that
he unpacked these plates when they were f ir»t received at the
laboratory,, and that he also observed the way in which they were
repacked for shipment to you, and that in his opinion our packing
was far superior to that which the goods received when leaving
Canada , and therefore that they ought to have carrieh?>ftll right.
I E>ec.eT!l&'W‘ '®r4» 'Is91*
iCtor H. Ernst Esq.,
Cars of It* Hall Signal Co.,
#128 Front St., Brooklyn, Y*
““ « ^“r“tor,'
— ~ - ■ -
......
procured?
you-rs truly,/.
-*y
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if
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Gb'Vl
Edison General Electric Co.
Mr Swan has boon hore this morning and wishos to got sow
information in regard to the progross which Scroll is making in
tho patent office . Itvappoars that tho Western Union people have
declared their intention to appeal from the first decision of tho
examiner which wo now know will bo rejection . The law requires
that boforo an appoal is taken , tho examiner shall bo askod to
roconsidor . Soroll is afraid that they are going to appeal direct
from tho first decision and nogloct this latter point regarding
roconsidoration which might destroy the case in a higher court .
Have I your authority to obtain all posuiblo information from
Sorell and to advise Swan fully thoroof .
December 9th, 1891.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.,
Care New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
Ogdensburgh, N. J.
Dear Mr. Edison:-.-
I have had an analysis made of Dyer & Seely’s bills
and I enclose herewith, a distribution by experiments. Will you
please indicate how you consider each of these should be charged
out. Those which are to go against yourself mark, "T. A, E.*
You will observe that your Foreign Electric Railroad Patent
expenses are very high.
Yours very truly/;
Private Secretary.
December 9th, 1891.
Thomas Edison EBq., / '
Care New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Wo*a>
Ogdenaburgh, N. j.
My Dear Mr. Edison
On the 16th of last month I sent you a draft of
a letter which you are to write -to Sir William Thomson and which
is to accompany the record of the filament lanp litigation. I al¬
so enclosed some of your New York letter-heads; but you have prob¬
ably used these up figuring out Ogden profits, so I send you some
more now. Wont you kindly take time to write this letter? Thomp¬
son did you great justice in his testimony and he deserves this
77*
s // n
Decentoer 9th, IB 91 .
Philip s» Dyer Esq . ,
#34 Victoria St,, Westminster,
London, England.
Sear Sir:~
In regard to the battery business in London, o
.vlr, Gladstone will be in London sometime around Christmas, and
wil havs full information on this; subject. I think it bette:
to let the matter rest until then as he will be able to say mud
more than it is possible to write.
Yours truly, ?
4m
■'\.w \
Pri v at eNle o_pet ary ,
) n
i Penn a, Con. Works,
I enclose herewith for your infbrmatio
an Ei.Si.aiB of our battery sales for the month of October, whioh
averaged about §800,00 per week, You will .find that these are
all representative concerns, and that our trade is splendidly dis-
trib.a.od all over the United States, There are no individual
purchases which are very large., but the measures which I have take
to increase ttess sales, will I know be very effective. When
you return to Orange i will give you a full knowledge of this new
plan, and I am perfectly satisfied that yew will heartily approve
of 1-, ./? ha 'c got the business working in good chape, and we
have no bed accounts on our books. We make a thorough investi¬
gation before opening any new account! ' If you read the statement
which I. send yai weekly you will know that our collections are
kept up to the nark. We have to sell! on ninety days time. The
amount of our accounts receivable is about §9,000.00; this in it-
jwr that we do not
Yours very truly v
Private Se’cijetary,
77
jn-ipc^s ■
Hew qomontW**^ ^wlca,
^GjiAhju^, N* 4*
'J,ly trear My. ^dlsoni rn
‘ Butlor, ha3 alrp^y Jrritteu. you in regard
to uiy iAtffyjlpif with Sponppy Trp$^. My. ^rpeh.proraieed, us
iSSaX. support at the ^qq^p,Weys TOPtr.^ jP* thp North Affieri-eaa
phonogi^aph pwnpqqy.. $ult>e ^.ftu^ey g| ^po^Jh wftg boight Stool?
t!arau$t gppuqer- HJrasJc 4h.t,end th ,f»pg?a}» f.t that WBefcine^ fio***fe &*-
t J$*«fcaa^ jmfqpf&y p*r %• % n^pnd^- rep^eKdAtAl^^ whh -
<H^Ll this* Caption. 0$ course, qo fp tiu*.
^uftV’l^hpy? ^ fa cafyjcrned, Istooy 4m6m>t t? b*$ very Xittfe-
'bpt We ^fttT*h4 5V?ru3,’ St#$ Ort
.1 h'etin' 35 Fiitrf Mr^dfiws to-day, Bttt rcaqfe
■Mat. totfeW&tt. “’f tfeund tlWt thh control fe^ Wot'ea.,.
ytiUt otfrt\ thtM tiii's ^Gxrf$o& &&£ #t4he prpy JStf'Vote 1
iFftjL t^Cerertfcl -to the GraiShS^ofcr, * Shinto that «iP*a **
tov* *r th... .* ««,. PO*. re
“ to ftpi MHfaHq****^ wtai. £ thin* the, .tja „t
«tt very TOUftad 9W-»S, M I an ««.«,£ that they tail. «lfr
aattea to for* «* «M or the »Bffi )1StMtathwIt?, B<w.
*«*°B of the Oolw*u Phonoer.ph do«p„* ouj,! l0. „,,,,
^TteWay. Tea m4mm* «*» that he i,
of the Gryphon. oo^eav. \ *, the Graph-
•PKoa, Peppl9 Torp ^ ,o .operate » f aritorf aha m
Mfhfpea Oh. the «r*et, ,y £ „ s -thuer Bush orr,M
fee. the coimbta Phoaosraph IJonpop, aj^a ffiMoit *=-
aea^ the authority of *, »«*h M»«,ah Phe^raph
Cew»p t» a=M paphephoao. . „f tMa.SB „lu mt 0MM„
%fe author*.,. „ni „orh,p, r?wlt . „„
tormsd: within the many -wheels which are now revolving.
**' ^at°Q 8tBt0d *** «*• ^ipPincptt owed the ^ftPhVphQne
people a IarSe amount of money. r onuld not ascertain the
***•*&&• **** *** -fiQrteral Conversation if- waa^fcfc* «*.
** ±£K iionita ^106,1000 oh frisOujoo. : Ihn eff ect o£
tho .a^heofifdnt's which are *o* being' cade append to he this:
*btlkln working dontrbi bf thc ^chiha^ cr tte.
Kertfr AnbHcan J&^apV 4ftj>My. As ¥06* &• ihfe* t*.
Pushed, w'rmufef; ikpUulaid A tHe-'Mphdphone pedpie. f do, not J
-tfai Ve Will ift-tad fcrtjr ^rovidfitenfe which, wfi&r jf
*5$fX#tte i&rfemptc^y' meaau&bs *J$h thefts aMT^kf <*&*... Jr/
781.
Jja tliiS: Relief - by remarks .wda by
Ration- which, J^iad. Pith Mw to-rday. ad f l have- to proceed ppon-
$JP line that at- combination is better than a comb^. Qfg>;ttp- the
teiina of SUph a qombfnatipn, of cp turae.no thing can be- paid aljpnfe
t^tese at preempt.. ^a.W?t *»*$ 4e$l %ifh local companies,
apd they- must dprtaiBly tin $b.corfep4, My. .•rraehrqmnrkod
to-day. that-' the greatest -menace to -.tj^e ^^nograpli: Waihbsa; fa the
existence of all theso individual" Companies and expressed Mrs-
strong belief that no real advance CoUld bo made utttil thdy were
•wiped; otttl It la a pretty large jpf^ppa^s, and »tML aattSwBBf
considerable time.* bpt it Of %pc Q^jpl iseMSis^t
Of craturseT- S-Q. far as the,, factory fp .cpjgqeiyjofl^ "Hd. can. make an*
arrangement that will- enable us tcroa.rr.y.nn buuipesB to' an extent
that wflj. -prevent losses there ddririg the "time that time, lopal
Con^apy nego-tiatiotis are being carried on.
r. da. hot think- them is hnything alarming In. thg.sltngfeiott
ikfifng' ifid' pi^oseiht status of the huslhess ns a stdndpo.tnfc'from '
tfifltfh to- view it^ and I b^lie^d thdt a d dal with the. Sr apfti phOne
pfbwd will- be the easiest Part hi‘ &h6 irnddhtakine.
1 Blit:' a- flta'fdlne'ht the day before yesterday of the- e&rnihga
of the- Kirs' Vo'rk pi^nlg^aplv ’Soft^dhy foi* the year, endfrtg fistf timber'
l^n^theif dipt mhphinos^ .they llpd fa sefviie 135
of t&ebOf hnd thpif g5VM .^prnir^e ftSfd about ^50,000. fheyf-hs^
espensea agsi^
t Of ihe amount which they 1-9 pay to *h?
lMcka9-4_nc.t^Q-^o1i Oornpany Thpp
«, ^ * * ■**■*-'**-
. . p" — ** ** ««** ^ 2™* *
abott% $s,TOvoaPer yeap. ■*&&&. n*
Vour? vow 'truly.
Private Secretary.
Deo ember 15th, 1891.
IU Charles eover Beq., Assistant Secretary,
The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company
#100 Victoria Street,, London, s. w.
hear Sir:-
r- beg to acknowledge reoelpt of your letter of
the 26th jiitlmo, advising me that my letter of the nth ultimo
was placed before your Chairman and Deputy Chainnan sitting in
Committeeman* indicating the willingness of your Company to co¬
operate with. me in effecting an arrangement concerning electric
jilting in Breat Britain as outlined in.my oonmunication referred
-to dhove. I have taken pleasure in Cctttouni eating the contents of
■yonn letter to the Edison Oeneral Electric Company, who are rep¬
resented in London by their European Sales Agents Mr, Philip S.
-Dyer, #34 Victoria Street, Westminster, London. Iiunderstani that
Mr. Dyer has been fully instructed, and -will therefore be in
frequent ■■ eemmuni cati op with you during the progress: of the ne¬
gotiations now pending. I sinderely trust for- the interest of
all ooncecned that these may be brought to a satisfactory con¬
clusion.
0
MAC
’ r December- 17th, 1891V '
The New Jersey & Pennsylvania Cone entrating Y/ork s,
Edison Building, Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-1
I beg to hand yoh herewith,1 Laboratory .„bills against
your Company, amounting to $1858.92. "Please acknowledge receipt.
Yours t ru ly , . . Ayy r>
.• •■nt
Private Secretary.
Enclosure 2.
The Company,
Miiis Buiid in.
I beg to hand you herewith,
your Company , amounting to |7<5 .61
Laboratory bin* .-against
•Please aokrioYl’edge' ^ceiit.
i rs truly ,
Private Sbi
IBM
December 18t‘h, 1891
Edison Ore Milling Company,
Edisibn Budding, Broad St,, New York.
Dear Sirs: —
1 enclose you herewith, Laboratory bills
for the month of November against your Company for $192.92.
Yours truly , ,
Enc . E. 1.
Private Secretary.
iiSaEiSSfc
December 18th, lS9i,
Comptroller
imoriT
Edison General Electric -Company,
-Edison Building, Broad St., He*- York City-
Dear Sir
I bes to hand you l»r»wth, laboratory biUs ,
pf November, uuoonMus t0 S8j5ve.89 Wmt ^
General -Electric Company.
Yours truly.
JPriyats Sucre'
H.G.
Bee amber, 28th, 1891...
Philip S.; Dyer, Esq.
#34 Victoria Street, Westminster,
London, England,
Dear Sir:-
I hand you herewith two statements one -of which .shows
the number of Edison Lalande cells sold in Canada,.^. April 8th ‘
1890, to August 24th 1891, the total litre capacity of which 4a
3,202 1/2 and the royalty due Dr. de Lalande, #160,12. The other'
statements show the number of cells sold in the United States for
Electric Lighting purposes from Eebuary 25th 1891, to August 24±h
1891, the total litre capacity of which is 30 and the royalty -due
Dr. do Lalande $1,50. Will you please forward these statements'or
copies of them to Dr. de Lalandeand make payment of the total
amount namely $161.62 reimbursing yourself in the usual .-mannar
through tho Edison General Electric Company, I presume -our -action
concerning sales in Europe will be satisfactory to Dr. de -Lalande./
It is not worth while at present to make the account up. M
Pri vat e 'Secretary .
841
| H-, Ernst Esq.,
| The Hall Sienal Company,
I 128 & 130 Pront S^eet, Brooklyn, W. y,
| De«r Sir: -
you ™at we ordered .fr cm the Gib so j
0O"Pan,,■ -York the el„s,
™,U1”sa f0r th* *M‘ or your storage battery. our „ess-
’h° S“l t0 *hlS "ad'e“ «■ that .hi. eta. „
b att ery eeu ... kept. „„ ^ ^ ^ ^
“ “* "a"1 °f h“ »« eonmanoement of the tee.
" y“r baM^yt P:"“ 1K ~ ■— *«. W W«,. I Would
like to have this tea, started without any further
Yours truly, /*/ / ,# '
Wf
os^SS
Prlvati
.December 30.th, 1891.
Philip S. Dyer Esq., European Sales Agent, .
Edison General Electric Company,
34 Victoria St., London, Westminster, W. C.
Deer Sir: -
. I have received your letter 19th instant, and in
reply beg to say that when Mr. Gladstone goes to London, he will
bear a letter from Mr. Edison that, I think, will be entirely
satisfactory. You can say'to your friends that we- intend to take
this matter up earnestly and that Mr. Gladstone will be thoroughly
equipped to make full arrangements with them.
I cabled you yesterday in regard to' the Electrical Exposition
at t.h s Crystal Palace, asking if any awards .were offered for prim¬
ary batteries. If we could obtLin a diploma or a medal, {and I am
quite sure we can, if either one is offered), it will add greatly
to the prestige of our battery, not only in Great Britain, but also
in this country. I am .expecting to. hear from you today..
Mr. Gladstone has forwarded to London, a full set of Edison
Lalande batteries and .medical appliances, so that he will be all
ready to enter the lists imnediately upon his arrival. I will
cable you as soon as it is definitely arranged when he will starts
I think he will sail within ten days or two weeks.
,-o '
Yours very truly, ' f /
i • .... ■ ■ -hiiiy
t H ’ ’
■ No-- enc . ' ,
Colonel Ge<
Gouraud,
Northumberland Avenue,
London, E N g L
Colonel Gouraud;
“ - — a*e o “ °°Py °f *
the reoom of the suit against h 1 asked Y011 for a copy 'of
- "-WI 0„w. Th, „ 0°"P“”' “a th» *“«
Attorneys consists of the plead! ^ 1 ^ fr°m your
ad Phonograph Company against JT ^ ^ ^ ^ EdiS°n ^
U not at ail v,hat 1 " Stei’e°S0°Pi0 T -*
rou bp , < ^ Ur' *“«*> A«-neys. Will
ou be kind enough to let mo u
let me have a codv nr v„ i
“ copy 0VX8.S5?5 .iXSP onL,
Yours very trulv. ^
jp5**'1'
3s®g®
K.F.
Jft'msry I8t.hf X8$2,
If. P. Dwight, Esq,, «„ President & Go^nager*
Tho Groat Hprth-V/esterp Telegraph 0ODIPWy,
Toronto, Ofuiado.
Dosr J'r. Dwight : -
I am very much ob' l*ge‘d for your letter of
the 5th instant to which is attached a ce*icatien f,m your
Superintendent of Supplies, Mr.Oox, concerning the ope t of oper¬
ating the Edison Lalande battery as compared with the cost of
Gravity cells. Mr. Cox is entirely in error in- his psaumptiop t^t
the displacement of 27 32 gravity cells would require 850 cell ?
of Edison tialando batteries. The fact that we were able to diSr
Place 4-00 gravity cells by 100 Edison Lalarfe cells in connection
with, the wires which are now applied with current ft. on the latter
does nor. indicate that the reminder of the gravity battery will
10 quire to be .displaced with a pr ono rt ionate number of .Edison La-
landG ceUs* Tf’ you. Will be kind enough to furnish me with a
list of the wires taking batt cries frcm your Toronto Office, out¬
side of those which are now. batt eried with Edison lalande cells, I
will Prepare a- correct estimate of cost and submit the same tb yotU
All your quad and duplex v/ires can be operated fran one battery,
and it can be arranged that. other wires can take current fiotn the
same source. I trust that before takihg further adtloh you will
-2-
■Permit me to submit t
Yours very truly.:-'
Private Secretary.
— ClA fTi t
■<Cu^ /*„/ — *'~iyucy<4.jtt. ZZ.
~Cl letr fl/-
'tf -
i$tU-4ju <Z £jt-u.SL$ 4f-4-w
. ZfrZfCS'L-O /W
fyu 'jhvdz<f
:c5, / 'i£j£As$; fj&sisUi
January, 18th l892.
s« B. Eaton
Mi.dnS.iMta,, Broad Street H,' y.
*«•• id «, . u#» „ _ m 18921
MU *“■ — « — «» id arror, ' \ J ““
advise me and oblige,
Private Secretary.
January 13th, 1892.
XW > _
Thomas A, Edison Esq..
Laboratory, Orange, ». j.
Lear Mr. Edison
In re. duplicating. I find that -sre Jiave
on hand . of vco*. to tako ^ of oraers ^
U“ l° "”d 1 h*”° th.„f,re Instructed Walter Mflior
*° Cl0” *" a“a °tf *“ •*««. H. *11 have to
Keep Julia of course, but the other, .ill eo at the end of the
week.
I think that I can shortly make a contract to supply all
records for slot machines in New Jersey, New York and New England.
The New York Phonograph Company spent upwards of §15,000.00 for
these records during last year. Until we haye a more definite
market there is no use in our frittering away money in duplicating.
I would like to know now what price I wan name for a supply
of not less than say 1000 re cords per week.
The following is a close approximate estimate of cost based
Upon our experience at Silver Lake,
i’o'dr duplicators in use.
Capacity of each, 4Q records per day.
Total output one day, 160 records.
COfct (per day)
PoWer i !
fieat
$3..oq
t.a.e.
-2-
Man {packer & helper) §1.75
Girl (duplicating) , 1.25
Cost 160 blanks, lO^each from Phono.
Works . $16.00
Gj^each for H.A.P, Co.
$ 9.60 25.60
Inspection
Packing (3/each) A ,80
Walter Miller 4,00
Cost of Master records on basis that
oacli' of these costs $2.00 and will
furnish 100 duplicates — 160 at 2 / 3.20
Rent 1>00
Add for breakage & other contingencies
10 % N 4.50
Total cost 160 records $50 . 10
Or say 31 cents each.
Cost duplicating (deducting blanks) 15/oach.
— ’ to double this output the following *~
additions would'be necosBary:-
. Estimate as above
Girl (duplicating)
Blanks
Packing
Masters
Total cost 320 records
$50.10
1.25
25,60
4.80
5.20
$84.95
4
Or say 26 cents each.
Cost duplicating (deducting blanks) 10 /
each.
Would you be Trilling to name a price of 35 cents each for
not less than 1000 per week?
The cost of these vrauld be 31 cents each on above basis.
The margin of profit seems small, but we will have to carry little
or no stock and have nut gpt to provide for the expense of any
selling organization.
I had hoped that we would be able to sell these duplicates
at not more than 30 cents, as I believe that cheapening them will
increase enormously their use and sale, but the above indicates
innot d<
quite probable that we
Set tiie North
ican
Company to tak<
their portion not
itead of 6 cents
Please let me tear from yon as I irant to tak<
of New Jersey and New York and New England at once
the matt<
Yours truly.
Jamary 20th, 1892,
The New Jersey & Pennsylvania Concentrating Works,
Edison Building, Broad Street, Hew York City,
Dear Sir:-
I h.ua you heroin, Bill. ' you
tn 066.78. Please acknowledge
the month of December amounting to ? ,
Yours
Itary
Private Se
cpy;
J^iuary 20th, 1892.
J. P. Ox’d Esq.., Comptroller,
Edison General Electric Company-,
Edison Building, New York City1.
, Dear 3ir;-
I hand you herewith Laboratory Bills against the
Edison General Electric Company for the month of Deoember, 1891,
amounting. to §3,447.02; please acknowledge receipt.
Will you kindly furnish we at the earliest possible moment
with a statement of the Edison. General Aooount against Mr. Edison
for the month of December.- I would like to have this befbre .the
Laboratory books aro closed for the year 1891, in order that our
balances way bo exact for that period.
Yours tr-
Private Secretary.
Enc. C. 15.
January .21st, 1892.
A’ E- C»s«l.i,e Electrician,
Edison Laboratory, Orange, n', J.
I you hero.its, a Hat of the wires of the
C-«.t soots Western Telegraph Cocpany of Canaan .Sicb are battened
“ I0”nt0- * ** “* “ ««*>- «- applying ts.se nith
jay battened ,itS our colls. Will yon very klMly p„par, .
agr,”,. ^tott Mas, If possible, to take any »«„ 0u, of a
introduce .-ificial resistance, bnt P.*aps yon mi „o, flM ^
noeoesary. , think yen „» be ,bl, „ „ „ ^ ^ _
USG n0t m°re than three or four separate batteries.
«™.yer, .ill yon pleas. ernnge ts„ tn nbaterer yon consider
the most desirable.
/j
Yours truly, //jClrf
Pi*i v at e ^Sacr© tar y .
Enc.25.
January 21st, 1892,
The Orange Mountain Cable Company,
W. Child Esq., Manager,
#242 Main Street, Orange, n. j.
Dear Sir:-
to you, to, tor to ^ maer „„ „0VM[sr
"e“,'a *° «“«•■ -t -1- « Btootrt. Eall.
*«*a — OO tho trao* thioh yoor Oo„pany Muiiv in nst
OtMBe, I tea to .Moo >ou lhat , mu ^ ^
muon M ho h., hM „ mi„ omsaorMm_ , oo ala ^
' 1"“er *""" “>•■•*“■« « *• «»»* you tor your MM
offer and to inform you that the Edison General Electric Oomuany
have decided to make tiiis test in Hew York Cit y..
Yours very truly, ft ,
/O
January 22nd, 1892.
Thomas Maguire Esq, ,
Edison Laboratory,
Dear Siri-
i t7tt.it „ V.'. look "in al l ;.ha cow.-: - •v-icn
Referring to your- letter 16th instant in regard to
cownmiioa^ons which you have received from the Vlestern Penn'syi-
vania Phonograph Company in regard. WioaW rUapSw,' write ^tlwcV
people and. aay that we will allow them a disoount of IQ#' on records
ordered in lota of 800 or more. Tell thorn, in regard to the reoou*
whiqh are manufactured by a Chicago concern that we have had some J
of these sent to us and have tostod them', “and find that •" they are '
very poor, that wo would not think of sending out such records' and'
that if they desire to verify this they had bettor send -to Chicago
and get a few of them.
A.
Yours truly , f ffi'J
, /i?
/#‘’G * wry ,
Private Secretary
January 20th, 1892.
B. B. Daly, RSq>>
Gre env.'ich, Conn.
Referring to the Interview which I had with you a
f" 1 • l.«.r .hi* r. aaaroaa.,. t. „„
Counsel , . Leris , toother .f MaJ „
7T ! “*• K-r-“k “°.‘»*‘»'..»nole, Obtain
U d° n<>t Jtn0i’/ MS lnUlals) has been appointed admin i a-
°f f0’"",r's ““-i « m »m aa*.„, . tts
Surrogate a i««M, Mt, of to York, you »m attain an inftmatl
" '*he ”“18M' '*»-*“• •»««. k'r- Frank „o.„o.an *.
presented to his administrator whom r have named above.
Yours truly, ' .
Jumar
S ;T
ivate ^aeretary.
P’ S- Hasting:; Esq., Trustee,
Edison Building,' Broad SU
January 26th, 1892.
I bog to acknowledge receipt of your letter spth
instant «nclosl„s shoo* of „ossrs. „0rSan ro_
SS.ns.21, payable to yean order „4 ^ „y y % K ^ ^
•f the Edison Electric Meht Colony of Europe, limited, same he-
inB the. proceeds of the coupons collected by Messrs. Drerel,
Harfes 1 Oompany on the founders parts of the Eompasnl, dentines-
tale Edison, hold by you as Trustee..
Yours truly, %;iy/'/T
T R E .A •S* IL.5...!'2 R.
February 2nd, 1892,
j E3q., Comptroller,
Edison General Electric Company,
| Edi80n Bulldin®> Broad Street, City.
] Dear Sir:-
' y“ .g.in.t th,
“ 6"‘"a El“lrI” *» ta his
«... th„, of hls aerj<mit o. Ootokor istjisso
ecui^es to him Or*e quarter of the Force a nd Reaources of
emu rveaoirces of
fo„ woi*fc to «.*.,* ... the „
your Conrosnv-fA^fi _
* - oiw expense of
w ’»«*» •<»« <» Hth
PSt“‘B> *lohaM - ao „u „t, lh8
whole amounting to §15,462.00.
Kindly acknowledge receipt.
•"•••
-£t%C
Private I
Yours truly, (///_ *
’etary,
Letterbook, LB-0S2
This letterbook covers the period August-October 1891. Most of the
letters are by Alfred O. Tate. There is also correspondence by Edison,
Thomas Maguire, and John F. Randolph. Many of the letters relate to the
manufacture and marketing of phonographs and cylinder recordings and to
legal and financial dealings among the various phonograph companies.
Included also are several letters about the phonograph exhibit at the Montreal
Electrical Exhibition. Some of the correspondence pertains to mining and ore
milling and to production problems at the New Jersey & Pennsylvania
Concentrating Works. Other documents relate to electric lighting, the
construction of central stations, production problems at the lamp factory, and
the effects of electrocution on the human body. There are also documents
concerning electric traction systems, including two cost estimates prepared for
Henry Villard, and a few letters about the kinetograph and the Edison-Lalande
battery. Some of the letters deal with Edison’s liquidation of his stock in the
Edison General Electric Co. and other personal financial matters. A few
pertain to Mina Miller Edison. The book contains 702 numbered pages and
an index. Approximately 20 percent of the book has been filmed. Related
documents for this time period can be found in LB-051.
|ug.
K&ison unitod Phonograph Co.
Mills Build ihg.
Now York city.
Boar sirs:-
Please pl.ec ora™- on »o l^owsw,*
ion She '*» «n«ical records „r, «th Mu , .ahiMM*
lor central America. You .ill recount that p»
ea,. m a verbal order tb,' these bat.. ,„«lr. » .rltt,B a,** „
that eon obtain . roqaleltion th. pbc.^lb ^ ,
the Laboratory „
Yours vory truly,
Private SfetreWtf^
«s.- « »«£. sras. "s: s srsr*
sw xsssrsjrt:
2 °,fM . m “ ihe *»*««** *»a , lT5i:S /
obarso 48 eenls edoll tar llie.o records taMU (,» *s etatfcSjf jfi/-.
jwjffugt *4kh% nt
A MSIORAMXH St)ft rnfm
In your note to mo ain*
. Octant, you say *m mtiH ^ A(ml#
Slve tho Kdifion United Phono#™* ^ «
. „ Ponograph Company a crodi* *'* S/ per ttylln.
der ^ PAoJdnu, and you me** th£«
* th£0 pHoe up aa jbUows^
a 1/2 odnte for papi« hoard b#xo* ri~» , ,
labor- aod h„ , ' *““»“•» *>r '
1 matroo tod Ur. Bontolpb to oiabe
** 1 **” ‘"•'“‘“'I Wit* „o*
«* W «w» ,o oo». . ft,m« „rt.rfer 00
Voufs trmy,
WtelWAHftW To*. Mijfllflt,
Mik0 wil1 8how *oa * -*&* **** my
Bfly that any tirti* you liW 1*L'W«» W «pi ^ „**.
ioaj moPfioV.J ••.. Plena a hear thla in <taiW»
You ra r?ry t«ay»
34th.,
Mloon Unlt^ Phonograph company,
M i 1 1 ® Building,
!)aar Sira;-
Will u *ir» «>,.», ,h to let „ **,» „sti«„
«»» «•« with «*■. to *. otu. otpitriuien-
*** "* ~ t”**™ » »* -W •» W with . w,,„
stating that '-.in settlement wan desirod.
Yours vary truly.
Bfiison United Phonograph fompany<,
Mills Bull di „ g ,
New yon 0 i t y,
Dear Sira:- •
.1 hand you herewith a letter from Prof, ncrtdittjh of
Harvard nodical Bohool In regri to a phonograph for prof, Hermann,
of Konigaherg, who in investigating the mechanism of sytooeh. lb
spears that you have had some lorreapbndence with Prof,, Bovditch
uP°n thi3 subject. Will you W hind enough to communicate With
him again ar.d adviae him how soon you consider it will he poaplbie
for Prof, Hermann to obtain an iwttrumento
Yonre veiy truly,
Private sectary.
17
Prof. H. P, Bowditoh,
Physio logical Labor tfory,
Harvard Medical Schools .
Boston. MASSo
Aug. sub, la&i.
Hear sirs- I
Mr. Edison desirts n*s to acknowledge ropeipt of yotw '
letter 17th instant, and to sey that he regrot a exceedingly that
the Edison United .Phonograph Cmpany has not yet famished the
phonograph for Prof. Hermann. Jt is a matter, however, ovor which
Mr. Ediaon porBonally haa no direct control. He has written the jt
United Company to-day asking then to kjjidly give the matter their f
attention and he trusts they will do so. §
k£.
Youro veiy truly,
think that tko.r.i being sold andnot getting usieic from original
aylinaere,, one or ti*o of the Cwnpftniea have objected very eer-
ioualy to it and if it is really unimportant I wald like to have
it left off in all future maote rt that mo make. pleaae let me
Aug. «4the J.aei.
gen, C* tf. Bttmay, l.fana««y
international Kieotri\&l tf*hibUien,
Victoria bating Wnfc, #49 prurnrnohd.!
M o J1 t f o i 1 , ^uebGo
Dear Sir."
Xn reply to S-aur latter- -30th instant, X beg tu eay
^hAt % h*vo collated arrenge*ont with Ur. ho***** i» ree^d to
th» Inhibition of the Phonograph at UantrOM. By tho time ypu
Hopive thin latter y<* .in Without doubt „#r« *r. x^bard
and darned from hi* partly *X* *c doidg. Uho n'fln ^°
W to hW« charge of «htm» t*M * «» ^tcr
than aid of ssptenbaro if there in any infernal* that yw re-
,utro «M«h you have not received frow wr. lombard l *m b0 &**
to famish it*
youre vfcty tw^y.
Private secretary..
'lUgUit
Manure. Dyor & Joo3.y„
^ ■■ nil Street,
'lor ‘:orb City,
Dear Si?a:~
1 wt "n nereulsh sailer Poor or Ur„ Baieon» « a3\-
davit on the injunct: or. p,o seeding* against the Pe.fl:ins end otter
Conpanioo, which aeeo»,>anio i your* letter «*> -gth -iretwi ad3.i-eo-.pu
to Mr. Bdiaon at the Lamp Works. Mr. Miaor. has read Lhio proof
and In -jcva that it is 0. K.
Yours vory tnily r
Private Soc’y.
% 9,
Attgraet . im*
V3 t, & **&<&** Ge^wmfSwinir tMm
SdS?<irf fcat&Mt* 2jv>cm1 St« tom feft>
I b*bd rO’tti»Wi$k a p**** *Ssth ycfernmc^ w ti»
•^c**a?i Past Ofr^» «0 Ogdear «bioh «iO Oajtt to as as*, the 2CRU
Ksft. JC* JWio6n I tndWtriAWl htar tA^C»ept>»«, (Jbh
*» 1*0 Og&n IfcrtM, in flb» naaoo*
-wT <W1 prttpoa-vl aiSU** It, iMKstao th*t thi* ;>apltor ahich
l tK»4' b**a 79 U 4NR3Xd txj s*rt t»dt to tfto oovortsumt at 9hrtda^on>
Vill Ott ISsaay tbs wttfr attention*
Toksu wry tnily ^
/0/w^-ae. /jLvt.1,- \.pJ h'l*t
/ ./ ./_ ./ " v
(/
r/j tC-st /.,«£. , ■/,•"
49
•3. 8* Baton, Ssq*p ^rW. Xn.
Mfconjtaildj^, Bwadfltwoji,
Naw York City.
Gear sij-2-
of tin Sdi R°f9' laS * dead
tin Sdioon Phonograph Works to the w*
of Woot O^ngo^m you M “ * °f ** *0,m,?!>ip
ts > n+u j ou plpano aoto Mr* ir-rfr.
,a. t ” Hr‘ -'-Ao on 'o rewark- upon tn>
let t®r »hich i addraanad u- *
30 3d “° hl!a undbr. date (19th. Augus*, . IIo fla,
"Hour Gbottt ~W * 10 a™ 8
Anchinclo S3 -mortgago? " Hr. « ,
nost.gago on the proparty of tho Bdi i ^ ’ V'*”**-*' h#ldB a
of t*n- thousand doliarn . ^ ^ ^ '~
tn 3 inan" ^ “ffoot our right
B*lke a deod Of Watchung Avenue?*
Yours very ,tru>e
-*/***. erfr,
l-J 'M/.fr'fsT/ 9
QUiO Jsr 4
Aug. 27, 1891,.
W. K. li, LicksQn, Esq.,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, H. J*
Dear Slr:-
Mr. J« I* c« Clarke, Managing Editor of TIE MORNING
JOURNAL, has referred to Mr, 3dison your letter to him under itete
11th instant, ir» Which you demand a royalty for the use by the
MORNING JOURNAL of the photograph of Mr, Edison, o>py of tfiich
appeared in their ioaue of two or three weeks ago. Mr-, Edison
desires me to direct your sttontion to the fact that this photo¬
graph was made in his Laboratory, with tie instruments, and by one
of his own salaried employees, nanoly, yourself, and that you liava
no more right to olaim copyright upon it than at* other member of
the Laboratory staff. Mr. Edison desires you to add*oss a aaa-
nnmication to Mr, Clarke withdrawing your letter under dat* mth
instant and static that you were in error when you appliod to
for the remuneration in question* At the oame time please fur¬
nish Mr. Edison with a copy of the conmunication tfiioh ho has re¬
quested you to write.
Yours very truly.
Private Sec'y.
J« I. 0. OlarJto, Rg^.,
•The Morni
Ahg. 2?, 1291,
ng Journal,’
Now YOr'x Qity,
Dear Sir:-
I return herewith Mr. Dickson's lottor to you under
data Uth instant, togothfr with a copy of a oormnipatiOn which
I have to-day addressed to Mr. Diokeon and which explain* itaolf.
Mr. Rdiaon was oxtrenwly annoyod whon he loamod wtyit Mr. Dick? on
had dona. Ho gives expression to hia foolingp in regard to Ur.
Diekaon's demand in the attached cioraorandum which Jio 10ft with we
to forward to you.
Yours very truly.
Privato Secretary.
Aug. 27, 1891.
Mr* Bd“0n haa road your conmunicationa in m-
Sa« to «. .too,, M t th** tbot f «... „ wp M w ^
th«- „ * «mBs orteinal ,McJ, t „Moso
*°r '* M »•• “■»■"»= >»«. ***** all Mo
“ ”“’ “ S!” -md >“■»«..«, cmmuai** Co.
01 ''' J‘ * i1”” a rerl' KWS( ™,
dootroyod by bad ««,,« « Ul.. Eaicm „„ ^ ^
"W“S“'7 *° “* ~ ^ *» ^ t aiindo i„to p„p„
ohopo. tot, az tbio porlod „ ba.o „.t W ab,o to *, *
h» to do any fcrta*. - iB aot, b. baa pmticaUy boob mtaNI
from tho world.
>" v
Yours wry truly.
JWgtUBt 2t, 1SD1.
Maj6r So Bo Eaton,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
Now York City.
Doar Sir:-
Bnolosed ploaao find the following papers.4
(a) Draft of form of indenture, Without data* Edison Phonograph
Toy Manufacturing Company and the Edison, Phonograph Iterka,
marked on tho outBide A “Copy of Manufacturing Contrast re¬
ferred to in Edison’ 8 proposition to Ed. Phono. Toy ing. Co*-
The foregoing inscription in ink followed by these words in .
pencil: •'Proposed Manufacturing Contract."
(b) Draft of license agreement Edison Phonograph Toy Mfg. Co. Sfcd
Thomaa Alva Edison, aatsd let day »f July, 18iB9, marked on
the hack, in ink, "(A)oopy of Contract for Manufacture re¬
ferred to in .Edison’s proposition to Edison Phono. Tty Hfgfc
Co* *' Also marked in pencil •License Contract* *
(c) License agreement, without date, Edison Phono. Toy Hfg» Co.
and Thomas Alva Edison? no marks on the tack of this contract
Mojo* So Bo Eato.ti.o
August 2V, 1891.
(d) Original letter from Ur, w«. Wo Jacques to Ur. Stevens, dated
August Btfa, 1839.
(0) Copy of letter dated July 3.6th, 1880, from Winfield g» Hatch-
inson to S. B. Eaton, Esq.
(f) Copy of letter dated August 10th, 1880,- from Y/infiold S.
Hutchinson to s. B. Eaton, Esq,
(g) Page Ho. 2 of a communication addressed by Ur. Winfield s»
Hutchinson to Mr. Bonj. P. Stove ns, Hotel Windsor, Rue do
(h) Paper in ny handwriting endorsed on the back "Proposition
made by T. A. Edison (Through Ur. Tate ) to Edison Phono. Toy
Mfg, Co.
You will roeolleot that at the moating in Mr. Inaull’a office
between Mr. Hutchinson, Ur. Maefcintosk ; and Ur, Madden, representing
the Edison Phonograph Toy Ufg, Co., and- yourself , Mr. Insull and
myself, representing Ur. Edison, reference w*o made to the manu¬
facturing contract between the S. P. f. u. Co. and the Edison Phono
Works, and Ur. Hutchinson stated that I held certain papers which
had been given to me by Hr. Beaj. P. stoVona , the President of tte
Toy Company. The enclosed are the papers referred to by Mr,
They were handed to me in Paris by Ur. Stevens, fhe
paper in ty handwriting is the basis npon which tlie negotiations
with the Toy Company ware carried through* Mr. Hutchinson seems
Major s. s* Eaton.
&W* Mi 0801*
to think that baeaahe thi * papor oonfcain* tha following a<mWno8;
•Siwuitanaoiwiy the company givod Uizon a contract mat wit tally
ih form outaittod granting o#c*wiy* right to neiwf**tia* for
aato in foreign countries ate,* tvj& the agreement for mwwtectu^
which oxocntsd t^Ouid &w b^p **actly the earns a* ti» Dntt
referred to in this memorandum. 1 told ifr. Eutchimon whan ho
wha aohaitting thiapapor (nv rscolieption ia that Ur, ^quea ^
With him) that l was net prepaid at that tin* to nettle thd ter**
of a manufacturing contract, for the rondo* that hid Company had
not at that tie* aoaontodc tp the conation* of thia marnowndnm
with racpoct to the istnio of OS?tai« tfodt to Mr, B<Liaon ate. In
ahon, thia wan ai^ay a haehr of and ail fetaii* wen*
deferred for fhtnj* adjustment.
I anisnit thww p*> era to you for *ho beacon that i think thia
mattar win oOc«J op again **ry shorty, and when it ddes you. wilt,
want to ha posted <ta the situation, tt is ur, Hutchin*On*3 in¬
tention to demand dome sweeping changes in the jaanttfUeturij*
rtant, and h» is going to uaa thi* pape* in Justification of hie
claim*.
Pie 030 acknowledge receipt, and cbliga '
Yen re wry truly,
Private secretory,
AUfiWt Stf»
Edison United Phonograph OOnp^hy,
Edison Building* Smd 3? Mat,
HOB Xovh City ♦
Oder ?iw^~
Please Plate art ordrtr On. the Edison Phonograph Wdrks
for the So noalnnl nooords ediieh *or«c- *nt with your ofcip&siit to
Central Aaetrlea. pax Trill rttpoUeefc that your »*. Horton gave
me h verbal order for thooo, bat ?w&lne n Ptdttdn order, so
tint we «m obtain from tbo Edison Phonograph fyrfke acquisition
apo« tin j*bomt«r* find that *iWa« w» feo«a a owebi 01**-
on tha rueof-dh, fpir whibh no Bill onto yod aeCdit mao*
random as noon as the PbtaogCph VqtM for**** ns the Jon*
'sfoura v*ry*roiy.
August skt &QX*
Lcuio Olaas, Boq., District Uonogisr,
Bdison General Bloc trie Company „
#112 Buoh St*, San Francisco, Cal.
My door Glass
I have roocivqd your letter of lHh instant,
anolosinc a caononication addressed to Ur. Edison by Mr* AarOn
O', Sponsor in regard to pldtimaa. Ur* Edison has boon away freta
tl» Laboratory for the last month or two, but I think he sill bo
at homo to-momnr, ifaen I will submit this sample to him, Obtain
A reply and forward it to you immediately .
I do not thittk Mr. Edison is going to California this
fail, although the trip has boon oantioned. Mr. Xnsull laavas in
abotfc a week for the Pacific Coast and X suppose sill turn up in
5pn Franc i a co in the course of two or three nooks.
I wish you would remember as. very kindly to Major Pittnk Mo
laughlin then next you ooa him. With kindest regards to yoWaolf
H» C» Wore, Bb:h«»
Bflison Phonograph fforko,
Owwgs, N. J,
Augo SSj, 2aoie
i oat to tw ,»«« am rm w„
*** *Wth ‘toriMn »“»W C«. *o« cut, fhmo.
** *” «** * « «0Mm4 MMma,
H.» «... ihi. proaa. M ^
"** ttet th ,,iwh to- . - - »« .» «»«
V*“ »*n« „ m mtJUM „ mu
«»» «*| M » ««ain or p„cceas ^ thtao
“* *«*«'*■ « * «,*». t^o^,
Toixm vdrr twijr.
Auso iiSA 3ft9:u
He Co WtWVo 2giJeB
Bdigon Fhoft0g«#h y©***,
OMangfc, ». J.
Deov Sirt-
You *** oeder ivow tJ# Uttfth rjjonoe
CO. fop the. Ohipwnfc. <* ie ft* no&aptx m& certain aappjiea to
Ottn«ttg Canatja. »*4* *>hon0£»pha and applies aw to £a*n part;
of an exhibit in tfa* City of Canady rtteh ope*# a
f*>m Monday iWXt* * hw* $hi» exhibit in eterge «nd m sand
wmtflp «ii*» f*o»tae i**e«tt«y to o^nico and .«,* it. a«
onrtim i *i*b, *** tf Wtt M ^ thlfl
W 4wWaiWo ^twtihn,. «. that it atn go ffcmw?. *«h the teat*
Yoorn VW trujy ,
Soo»t(M»y.
P« St. P&age wdiriafo c*j -ci tv Hoe Tank office tfjer, it gops for-
sttowea »«*., 2nd
Sdi«Oh Joa'l, Jl«ftTic Oo„
?w Vtofc City.
&»«** Siei-
I %fttm try feport to yo0 that th(9 loop* art ati**
l**. Ellson i*. tattle au Mo tio* up,,, i„Hnc „ «*.
*r«M. mi hofoa torn to fird m ooootlr Hum it lo. t ho«
***** * *"» »»* *««, *l»U Ih«cto moninc „ «,
*"** * ““a- ^ * ■*» »« «>»» » u» ** „*>«*,
66o& u**ar* to norfr-opon.
'tviit* very fcruiy.*
Miss Kat* Field,
Jtong Bdoeh Hotel
My dear Elina Field, -
Your letter* of 25th instant ie received*
1 have hunted hjfeh and low for a doll oui table for your
prurpoae and cannot jfcnd a o ingle nes chan ion that would answer.
The Phonograph Work*'! have usod th* original tools for other
purpoeee^ and I c*rfhot therefore dnplioate the doll, t will
tty | however, and ip t One in Hear York, os there are several in
axintenOd.
Yotfra very truly,
3 CM||W# IT |taui 4tv**4nvt§ <M*ll»»iJ|"
£*ivao*. ^cvtxA«^ £'&ctnxal' ('&* n^tA. |W lliwfo
&*«M**«.f <JU*4 He*u Jfe****| °* G»e£**£~j -
U>«^| 4&>3k - U p.'UACMfecf t**e ^ ^ ^
if* |^i*r<*j^^ — ^
v U , v • . ', o. ^
3ki-4i<*J 3«> ip(U*e-a £**»** «****«
Hi^ —
fcL»~
(LCe.e^i /;
August 31, 1803, f
W» s. Percy, Eso., Treasurer,
N. J, & Penn's. Concentrating Vforits,
lew York City.
Dear Sir:-
I »•« to .aviso too that Ur. Edison too purehaaod
fo®» Hr. H. u. I, Ivor stare, of „o.t w th„ „„
Jersey and PTOMylvmi, cooccWMins repreo8ntea ln
Certifieataa Ho. -M, „ „a M, ,Moh can for ten
“* fl” oh"*»' teepeetively, tJ,aaac Wn ^
tor, «h> tor™. Of twrt, n yoor book., bo that the fim tins
Hr. Liver is i» „ ,oo tan have hi. eiyn t.haaa for™,.
Hr. Livor ta. axototaa . tnmfar of thfc, stock. b„t fomuity
reqnires ttat the boot, of *a company aha U bo vmi.
3 Yourc ver;. truly,
Private Secretary.
m
August 31, 1891.
Edison Buildii^, Broad St.,
In regard to supplying aerviee wire to Mr. Burke's
now house in Llewellyn Park for the operation of a motor, about
which District Manager Shain wrote to the Laboratory some little
time ago, I beg to inform you that the natter has been brought
before Hr. Edison, and he says that it ia impracticable for him to
supply the service wire in question, for the reason that we cannot
spare any mow current from the Laboratory, being overloaded now.
Ycrura very truly,
oe%L~jt
Phonograph y^.
1 wtnm herewith
Mr. Sdison, for f^DSs.w. for troiw
of Ttfaioh have boon dipped to th» 2d*
MrW SdiaO* desires yon » MU ***
S«»Ph Company the six chines ahi«h s
The othor flix maahinw he wishes m *
Paofcae carefully ana Sflnt to th9
against Hr. Edison,
N. A. Jaminga, Esq;,,
Aaguat 31, 1891,
Z t tte °f M~ - ~ * - i.boratOT
only a few days gg0. y
«r. Ml.* „aa TO rtth meh .inteTOrt ^
“ n,,ly - *f» — — *i- *• „„oct
o »,i™ePapha ara, *, _mi _eti Ite ^ ^
ZZ tam”r’ 60 ’raeti“b1*' on8“o“ °r
r * ’t0mm “a « «"»» in a a.™*,.,** ia
in «*, ,o tak. . oaBplata MaW ^ ^ ^
simply a thin band of fi im.
A'doeoriptLion * „P. KItmrMsm, (tha
^ **" »»*«»» to *ioh you „rar)i „ittan
by Paraon. 1**,* appaawa to ^ ^
»nt.n „-o. A tecrtption „ tha ^ M aao poMiahMio
all tie prominent newspapers, j
Yours vary truly,,
B. Strom, Saq,,
6/q Sdioon Gm’l, Elootrio Company,
Sew York city.
Dear* Sir:-
Xmr latlw «■ a'“h «>“» **■*, * a. nw,
0«. Millie vote*,, to tomato! te tit al>am„
" te* *° ’**“«* » ‘to toborato*, ■. ai* day. w,
to toply to to KB*,, M inftoutotto „
Rbtotod to diapoto of to, to tom* -W
rie«. ton far tto tohtoa ton bom tontoetowa to to to
to. only ana no» to™ ton MMta ontHdn »«*».. button
"" rtM to.t totod « to to*,TO yon tfeft * ootofyto, -Of y«to
m»d Wanstrom to an- to oltfli, pronto tola, to ton wind
supeesa folly in «hi» »onti-y „na *ia, i, in Stolon
in todan. to toatw»toH|lna ao®i, in t. a *»d to, so! u j,
i*»ap. femap, It tonia to afplipaM^ to tto ton, to toton' to.
fairs* to in y*»r latter ttido4> ^3^
t^crs tw»%.
.Private See^t^ry*
3epfc> 1, 1S9I.
P* Cardow# Esq.,
Brunswick, Working,
England#
Dear Sir:-
Upon my ra turn to the laboratory a ftjipr days ago after
a prolonged absence 1 'find yoUr letter under datm list at June.
I note what yon any $n »gard to your voltmeter ^eing nanufaeturad
by Meaara# Queen & Co. withe# any aokno&fedgemeift , and that they
aldSffl A similar instrument waa Oxhlbltedby myself at the Paris
Exposition of 1881.
I suppose that Queen A Co* refer to- tube with bulb on
end exhausted and in whieh was a lone th^i platiaite itfidnm wire,
*** served to rotate a piloted lever v&h ^ieifc there was a mir¬
ror* Uhls was ahben at Panda, in the JteOfcd, but it war
arranged for elaotrto light! ns wort# ijbi driest thaw aVe
ttsantial points of differ mice in yimr iaikiui}«fc,!in4 in y>m
pftt«xSi Tfcich would enable you to prevent a Sssbst .Qhten fi Coi, from
ntttittfSjibtpriug your ®paratua.
vowp -tymp, ...
1 „ .wjf* &» £*- vt» i»-
<3 !) py.
City, J. toe».t mh> 18M_
A. 0, Tate., Kcq,,
Caro Kdison laboratory.
My dear Sir
t have your favor of th. 18tll lnst.nt, ,„olo,tI1|J
- •* > ^‘Uiutung
• oiroular or eopy of . cirmlar th4t j... t. ^
»«r phonograph eoTOi„ ,n rag.rd to th. dnP11o.„„g bu.in„.,
““ ““ *■— - >* ar»ngo«.,o
b","n *• .in regard to th. topli.
oating buolnesa, or .ha, th, Kdieon. Phonograph ^ „ not
tr°’ th° Same° 1 n0t° What you Bay about the desire of Mr, KWA-n
», ftirnleh these dnpu.at.ato the lo.al eompaniee ,t a l„ prte.
-e - to enable the. more.,, r.„„„, from the .
Hiokel-in-the Slot machines.
X hftvo to th&ftk you foi* th# «« A.
y xor the lint of the musio whioh you are.
prepared to supply at the present time.
• 1 ““ th« *“>«" Phonograph .onk. are prepared
to hupply fitmll .bight, upon oar order to th. Leal ..^ie. „
way m.ha PdtMfatiioH bn ua for them. , «u notify , he meat
* 1 r?*- - — ..
m ( We Hii te prepared to .supply them aV'sped-
148
ial Extras'' at a price to be quoted by U8,
orders for the same.
Thankibfl you for the information given me
Yours very truly,
(Signed) THOS. 1
will receive their
'» I remain.
!. LOMBARD.
W* S'* Mallory, Esq,
Sept* 4, 1891i
No* 7 West Randolph Str?«t.<
Chicago, Ills*
Dear Sir:-
I have tout letter of 1st instant in regard to
contract. If I understand the contract wrreqtly, in the
event of your Slipping no or*e you pay no royalty, whether you
continue the business or abandon it*. It would therefore scan
unnecessary to insert an additional clausa.
The $3500 note was mailed to Mr., lira Miller several idaya -ago.
Yours very truly,
SeptS. 4, i893,»
Philip Si. Dyer, Esq.,
Rug ‘0 s y 4 S^,
ANTWERP, Belgium,
Dear 31r:»
I enclose herev/ith credit memorandum for $1,QQ{&00
i». favor of Messrs* Lalande and Chaperon, for amount of minimum
royalty as provided for in contract between the gentlemen named
and Mr. Edison under date 24th day of August, 1889, $2,000 per
year, payable half-yearly in advance. Please be kind enough to
remit one thousand dollars to Messrs* lalande and Chaperon, in
accordance with the enOloe ed credit memorandum, and charge the
same to Mr* Edison's account*
Yours very'
Private Secretary-..
Sept. 4, 1891,
To the Duke of Marlborough,
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock,
England.
My dear Sir,-
Upon my return to the laboratory a few. days ago
after a prolonged absence I found your latter of 27th of June.
I will send to you by an early steamer a dozen duplicates
of phonograph cylinders, vocal and instrumental, which we are
making by a new process. These will' be packed vary, carefully
and I hope that they will reach you in good condition.
I am sorry that your Electr io Lighting Company adopted the
alternating currents I have Just got out a 200 volt lamp, so
that an area of sixteen square miles is possible with our system.
There aw plenty of places in the baok streets of London for
cent ml stations. The great trouble is that your electricians
are not business men and you r business men are not electr ioians.
The combination results in the ultimate ruin of the pioneer in¬
vestors.
Youra very truly,
9K 3391
3* I». Onrner, Eaq. ,
Warren Grain Hotel,
Wayrentown, V».
Dear 9ir:-
Your letter of 27th ultimo, in. regard to certain experi¬
ment# conducted by you with, the phonograph and graphophone in an
investigation at the language of the monkey, wad received in dne
obiarae of mail, hut has remained unanswered owing to the abaenoe
of Mr. Edison, who returned to the Laboratory oply a fair days ago.
l£c. 3d is on was nwch interested in the account of these investi¬
gations that appeared in the newspapers* and open readily your
eonwwication he remarked that it was a matter of wonder to him
how you were able to obtain any results at all from your expari-
ujente, Considering the phflnogmphs and gmpfaophpras available for
youy Jar pose#
regard to furnishing yon with phonographic supplies for
uae in oonnection with the experinanta ifcioh you propose cbndupt-
lng in Africa, Mr. Edison would be very pleased 4b da what h#
could in the w# of equipping you, with tte bdai $
your work, m» it wOd , be neoes^ySttt* fik W fflfc
wn»» ih» 'matter with the Edison United
RW L. (lamer, 5*$. -2- Soft, 3,
B«ildit$, Broad jst*, New yprk City, without those perteiea&m Mr«
Edison ooUld <te .nothing in ibo premia**, as that Corapariy WBtKt&i
the phonogmph pirtside Of tho United Staters *»d Clnada. 3ta» Edi¬
son ia preoluds^ by his contrast* from supplying p^enft^jjhj^ Sftpw
p2iaa to £hy one without the consent of the Oorapany controlling
tie territory in which the supplies are to he used, and m inurn¬
ment for use in Africa oouja only he obtained from, th? company
mentioned. Mb. Edison ba$ nothing Whatever to do with the oom-
irmroial side of the phonograph basines*.
Providing you succeed in obtaining the parjuiasjon of the
Edison United Phonograph Company, Ur. Edison thinks that he wi»
be able to at you out with come goad ffcauxatuS. by the time you
are ready to go abroad. He oan provide you with a phonograph
tint will be twenty time* more sensitive apd ascumt* than any
yet made, and moreover with the machine ffaieh Mr. EdU?on has in
mind it will be possible to take a fifteen minutes continuous
record.
Hhen you have settled the matter afith the Edison United
Phonograph Co. Mr. B*ison will he glad to hear from you a^ih on
the eubjeot.
yours very truly »
Private Secretary.
169
SepU 5th, 1891.
10 WHO u itp hay C 0HCE.rH :
This ia to certify that the bearer, ALFRED JOHW LUDECKE,
vfaa employed in my Laboratory about two yearg (1888-1889 ), during-
all of which period ha perfoiwd the daties aasignad to him in a
satisfactory manner. He left ray service of hie own accord, and
I cheerfully recommend him to my one in nead of such assistance
as he is capable of rendering.
Sop t o 8th, j HOI
'll . H. Miller, Rsq.,
Windsor Hotel,
Montreal, CANADA ,
Dear Sir:-
Ih reply to your letter, Srd instant, X instructed the
Laboratory to former .1 you a check for ($100.) one hundred dollars
In regard to hotel accomodation, the rate of §8.30 per day is u«
low as can bo had in Montreal. Please keep me advised as to
the receipts of the Nickel Slot machines. You understand that you
are in aharge of 'This exhibition and you should check the amoupts
collected by these machines whenever the cash boxes are opened.
You understand what my arrangement is in regard to thie revenue and
therefore you will appreciate the importance of keeping your eye
on it and of knowing exactly what amounts are collected.
Please let me know how a.verthing progresses .
Yours truly,
Private Secretary,
K a n ti e 11
Sept. 8., 1891,
y '
I Am yow .U’ttar of 5ih instant, en- '
loeirg a lias of appamtua neaded by -<ho laboratory .to complete
model exhibit plant in the Trenton 3?»*der i T/i.U aca that
a order from the leg** hep U. of the Edison Gen’!, Eitett, Co, is
Mb iiisnedj.ately to cci
Sept. 8, i&pi.
001 « George S* Gou^aud,
Edison Hows a, Northumberland A venue,
London, \7« C«, England.
Dear Sir!*
Your letter of 13th ultimo was received with enclosures.
I regret that you and Hr, Kardingham assigned these patents without
first getting my consent, and really do not think that you had any
right to do so.
I note that you retain ths rights for dolls -etc, in yourselvsse
and I shall soon send you a form of assignment transferring them to
me«
Please do not assign or allow to be assigned any other patents
<jr inventions of mine without first getting my written consent.
Kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter, so that I may know
yott received itp and oblige
Very truly yours.
Kokstaft, East Griqualand,
Your let tor of 28th of July, in regard to mioa, was
resolved in due course of mail, and the same has been p®*used by
Mr. Edison, The latter has also examined the sample of mica v&lch
you kimiy sent, and he says that it is of no value for electrical
purpcaes. in the State of New Jersey alone there are over SO'O
mines containing mioa of the same quality as tic sample submitted
by you, from which large quantities of the material can be ob¬
tained - from two to ten tons per day. Mica for use in the
electrical business must coma in perfectly flat sheets, frefj from
rinkles or breaks; size from 3 pc 3 to 8 x 8. The price vsfriea
according to the size. Sheets 3x3, perfectly flat, without j*ry
rinkles, colored or uncolored, sell fotf 50 cents a pound; sheets
6x6 brirg $1,50 per pound. There are enormous deposit ii of rriioa
over the border in Canada. There is one mine there wh e/re thou- ' '
sands of tone of mica ore in sight. There are also numerous de¬
posits of the mineral in the United States, and the market at the
-2-
Sapti 9, 1891*
mt time is soirewhat glutted*.
Thanking you for your letter
I an, youre very truly*
Private Secretary;
Sept. Oth, 1801.
Oen'l. 0. H. Barney,
Windsor Hotel,
Montreal, CANADA.
Dear Sir!-
I have your letter of Slat ultimo in regard to an ex¬
hibition of the phonograph which ia being given on the atreetB of
Montreal. You omitted to enclose a copy of the hand bill which
ia being distributed. I wish you would very kindly supply the
omission so that I can take the matter up with Mr. Bombard. It is
a great pity that these mountebank exhibitions should be permitted.
I have taken the. liberty of sending your letter under repiy to Mr.
Lombard and I have told him that I will communicate with him fur¬
ther as soon a3 I receive the hand bill in question.
Please accent my thanks for'having called my attention to the
matter, and believe mo to be
Yours .very truly.
Private Secretary.
: :
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 7th instant is at hand. The matter of
the deed of Wat chung Ave., to the Township of West Orange is re¬
ceiving .attention, and we hope to have the deed ready for exe¬
cution in the course of a day or so.
Sept. 9, 1891.
Eaton,
Edison Building, Broad Strait
Hot York City
Doar Sir;-
I aio lose herewith copy of a latter received from Hr.
Rufus Mead, of Orange, in regard to the deed of Wat chung Avenue
to the Township of West Orange. Will, you kindly infonn me when
I may expect to receive from you this document, and much oblige
Yours vary truly,
Private Secretary.
Copy.
Mr. Tate,
Dear Sir:-
Orange, N. J. September 7th, 1S91
Wilt you please infoim me what action
has been taken by the Ediaon Company in reference to the deed of
Watehung Avenue to the Township of West Omnga.
About six weeks ago a young tan called on me, saying he was
attorney or agent for the Company and after telliig him vhat the
other property hwners had done, and vhat they wished the’ Edison
Company to do, lie told me he would let ms .know in a few days, but
1 iiave ROfc heard yet, and the property owners who have signed a
deed are haras sirg me to get the one from the Edison Company.
Please let me know soon what they have done, or what will be much
more satisfactory, send the deed to me.
Yours truly,
(Signed) RUEUS MEAD.
Major S'. B> Eaton,
Sopt. 10, 1891.
Edison Buildiig, Broad at.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
t have received your letter Of 9«h instant, enclosing
throe Proofs of Claim gainst the assigned estate of Jesae »
Jiippinoott, as state*.
In regard to Pwtef of 01dm, for damages to ajcrue under the
c^ontvaet of August let, 1886, trhiOh you, W fixed at $82,500, tte
amount tthdbh was td have been paid 8* f*r experimental purposes,
Isn't this Horth Am, Phonograph Co.? I. did not know it was per¬
sona 1. Also, does hot filing these claims put « Idw on the note
and in that way cloud its sale? If third is no prospect of get¬
ting anythin, riiy cloud claina, especially if the N. A'. p.
flp. is liable tqr the ejcjeriirental' bill*
Xoui^ v?rt truly.
P« S. J have not evented the Proafe at Claim, and before dain&
V vcyjd 34 kp fo hear from yox on the above points. -
Sept’, 10th, 1891,
J* I. C» Clarko, Buq,,
‘Jlffi MORNING JOURNAL,
N'i v York City*
My dear sir,-
5.5r« Edison has road your letter of 4th iaatwit in
regard to a man named Ohas, G. Loeber, who yon say haE son*
on the subject of aerial transportations and in reply he has aslcs-d
me to acquaint you with the- f&at that ire liava at the Lc.bws.to.vs /.i
shot gun for the especial benefit of aerial navigation ersttfca.
The young man to whom the manipulation of this gun is entrusted
haa a great objection to inventive cranks in general, but if thhre
is one to whom ho has. an antipathy greeter than nnotfcar, it. is 'the
crank of cranks* who ip order to explain son» Mthsrto unknown
phase in his specialty, coins a new word ana springs it upon -fin
unsuspecting public, A crank of this latter description wouldn’t
be safe within gun shot of tie Laboratory, i think, thewsY/ore,
tls* under thes« circumstances our fri and Lcebsr had better' keep
away from here.
Private ■ Sedratasy*
Yovrs \>s:<y , truly,
Sept™ 10, 1391*
Alex. Elliott, Jr., Esq.,
Paterson, ITw j .
Mr. Edison has read your letter of 5th instant.
With reference to the mm with whom Moller says he is in
pommini,catipn regarding his property, this man is not acting i'n
Mr. Edison' a interest, dni he knows nothing of him. Mr. Edison
eay-s that the figure Which Moller asks for his property - $10,000
ia 0. K., ^pJovidirg; ti6 ore is there* A six months option on this
•property will da.
Mr. Edison notes w^at you say with tOlafeion to the Bryant
mine, and he say a that the time is too short'.
Ih regain to the Dipkosrsoh mine* Ltr» Edison, does not think
that we oouty do anything with this, property.
Mr. Edison ia not invest** H ** *** ^winter*
referred to in yd Ur letter of 1st instant.
Yours truly# _
■ '• **
Alexander Elliott, Jr., Esq,,
Sept, 1*1, 1891,
Paterson, New Jersey,
Dear Slrs-
Mr. Edison lias read your letter of 8th instant ead
notes what you say in regard to the Sussex County Iron Company,
transaction.
With ralation to the Split Rook Mine, Mr, Edison says that
you can go ahead and take the lease on this property*
Yours truly,
Sept, 14th, 1891,
Charles D. Shain, Esq., Bistrict Manager,
Edison 0 e n ' 1. Electric Co,,
Edison Bailing, Broad St., Now York Oifey,
Bear sirs-
This letter will be handed to you by Mr. J. p„ ffrixYi
who is desirous of obtaining a position, if possible, with the
Edison General Electric Company, Mr. Griffin worked for a. short
time in my laboratory, in the Chemical Departed, and while the*
he performed the work entrusted to hir, to my satisfaction Mr.
Srimn informs me that ho hai kept himself familiar with elec¬
trical affairs, and he is of the opinion that if given an oppor-
tunity in some oik of the departments of your Company he could
make himself useful. I command him to your consideration. ' ■
Yours very truly,
'
{XiAjOSQ. tdvoCTi
Geo. Para oils Lnthrop, S3q.„
No1, 29 West Washington Square,
New York city.
Sept* 14, 1891!,
Dear sir:-
I beg to.-icufim thr-. j'c.ao
this .morning in reply tb year latter n
,** y. >r r*
"Mr. Edison is 1m Orange an.;
until .Wednesday* A« 0. Tnt.
/fill i& here
Yours tr
uya
Private Secretary,
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Sept. 16th, 1891.
Stinson, Ksq., Secretary,
City, IOWA.
Mr. Kdiaon has asked me to reply to your letter to him
of 3rd instant, with relating to trouble experienced by you in con¬
nection with Nickol-Slot Phonograph.
Yon will find that your Blot Phonograph will keep in good ad¬
justment and give you little or no trouble if you will observe the
following advioe: ■
Always keop the_ hundred thread mt of phonograph adjusted in
such a manner that it runB smoothly along the aorew. of main shaft;
always keep the back rod well oiled and denned so that the mt arm
will not be strained or strung by pushing the spootacle-arm along.
One cause of the trouble in question, and one that oan not
very well be detected, is the oontraation and expansion of cylin¬
ders cuasod by hoat or oold.
If a cylinder is recorded at a certain, temperature and is
reprodieed at a nuoh higher or lower temperature, it will no ddubt
KOt 0,14 °f adJu8tmont* If you win kindly send us the average
temperature of your city, -that id .here you use your phonographs-
we .ill try and iUrniah ycu records that will give jy ou no trouble.
The new nusioal represser which I suppose you have heard of and
perhaps already have rarely gets out of adjustment, as it has plen¬
ty of the lateral play which you speak of in your letter.
With reference to the lateral play of the needle in reproducer
you are now using, this has boen tried and we found there was too
nuoh friction of the axis pin along the bearings.
W^AVJUUe
A« Ok late. Esq;,,
Edison Building, Broadj street.
New York City*
Sept, 16, 1891,
I bog to oorMm tto receipt or jow telspta* „a„g
Of to-*, t» ,0 a. „ th„ Oatoc ,ln Mtet ^
plies thereto, as ibliows:
"SLmpS *° b0 ““«»<» to 1*. Jji.01.
no ^srs zmxz.s ssu- mjE?-* “■>
■ w" “eai”
instructed me to say to you that he will have' ons nf 1
experts visit Frederick Co!., Maryland, and examine +J?
Property, after udiich he will conmunicate with you- fur
Mon the subjeot.thos, Maguire," you- fur-
You re
very
to 2nd Vic e-President)
Broad st.
Your letter of
onolosire copy 0f a
' the Sales Dep't, upon
to certain Ed/jaon Cent*
that if the lamp Factory does not turn out
», which. I think they will, the economy for
to which you refer should be reduced- to 212
Yours very (truly:,
Sep*., is, 189JU
Henry Villard, Bag*,
Mills Building, Broad Street,
New Yo tic City.
friend Villard, -
I am Mioh obliged to you for tfce tin* table
for passenger traina which you sent to. me' with your latter of
yesterday's date.
Ihe location thich you suggest fbr a -trial track wtz tlA suit
06, but I think tbdt you tom have difficulty in getting parties
to go there-*
Voupa very truly,
Sept. 17, 1801,
Homy Villand, Esq«,
Mills Building,
Now York City.
Friend Villard,- *'
I find that the time tabla which you have boon
good enough to send u» ia of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul
R', Ro What 1 desired .to have* hovraver, waa a similar time. table
with freight and passenger trains of the Wisconsin Centml, which
I hope, you will be able to obtain for me.
Yours very truly,
» - ^
„-y^.
Sept, iv*h, 18&1,
Major S. B, Katon,
KdisoR Ruilding, Broad St,,
JT * w York City,
Shortly after Prank McGowan disappeared ho made a loon
to Mr, W. X. I»» Dickson, of the Kdison Laboratory, of Five handy ed
doxlaro, (SOD,-? receiving as collateral 150 shares of the Capital
Stock of the Kdison Ore Milling do. Limited, which were in Mr.
DifeJc son's name and which were endorsed by the letter, These Stock
Certificates' have disappear with McGowan. Dickson desires to
obtain a reissue. He will, of course, have to file a bond of in~
dtotthity, Will you kindly let me know what steps he should take in
order to start this waiter* Should he address a ooromnication to
the Kdison Ore Milling Co. Limited, or how should he proceed?
Yours very truly,
Sept, 18th, 1891.
*r. a. Perry, Ejjq,, Trot* ear or,
N. f. & Penn’a Concentrating Works,
Sdieon &iiiainB, Proad st.f Hew York,
Bear Slrt*
1 bee *o aokMWGdge the receipt of your ft*vor of
17th instant, mnjlOBing the following Stock Certificates of tlib,
Hew JerBbV 6 Pennsylvania Concentrating Works $ all of which have
been paid for by met
$>♦ 385, in the Mole of Mina Edison, 1 share,
ITo. 5821, in the name of Thornes A. Edison, IS shares.
Ho\ ?S0> '**!»»“ * * 41 shares
WO, S8ls « * * « " * * 8ft ph^-as
Ho. * * * * p » * m.^aa
__ _ ^ ^ « .
Sept , 18t 1ir 18&1.
. GenU. 0, H.^nratvy,
Ipt6i’n{xtit>Afll; JSloetyiepl Exhibition*,
##$ :&rtiw>»>4 st^. , Montreal,, cai^apa.
****** ^*har2e$Cff wftfc th&pke receipt; of fofi* let.
tar jsth ipetant. maXo'Bi'n^ a rfotfgfe^^aveptiaipg the Hdfffbh %opo.
graphs J «n $Ja# to A«p» that the -phonograph iixhittit. ut
hihittwri la »ei«£hw>j^j|, s^tiafketo'jmy.
Yeur&Wflpy iruly,
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1 !
&*!>U &MU
A. <X, X&fce, Es<j!»,
Stitiaon Bttllalne, Broad St, , '
. W York -City,
Bout* sir*-
mth Sforore, to TOto- lotto* or 1st* ltotaoi., it to
Bema "• WI“» "• *«»>■ to ««uw the ootooiin
*“ “ ** to "*• «“ w»taatiottto> aooe aa „ fjtaiehoetftt
W°M‘ *“»> M f M» mew* I tor. toon ombi, to »ooo,.
t«i» then Mr. torn to liteljr to stto*. * t» toborato^, W,
*° teli9™ ttet i» ’--in *.' to wfoto « great *il0.
. I.»ta mtoowitot. oitk boros JO*, feta leares for ItarloM
to otaotao thto Property,. ,o tbit tm cah arrange ror hie aOpoono.
action upon hia arrival, there, ' .
Yours very truly.
M
It ii
Mm
Sflpt. l|th, IRBi.
* ■ j
Ar Or Tate, Esq,,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
Hew York. City.
Boar SirS-
1 bee to confirm the following telephone messagea ex¬
changed between us to-day:
. •Referring to a oonmuniaation addreiesed to me
^ by Mr*. Edison with relation 'to supplying certain
Central Stations With low economy lamps, my /under¬
standing is that Mr, Rfison means 212 candles per
horse power. PlcaBe show thiB message to Mr®
Edison* Let mo have a. reply promptly* A* 0. TATE. * •
•Your understanding is correct's Mr. Edison
means 2X2 candles per horse power,
I®. Maguire®®
Yours truly,
The header, Mr. Gaston, lias charge 0f the Gilliland
property. He understands that there are 3one things in the
laboratory which belong to the steam yacht. If there are, you
have my permission to deliver the saae to Mr. Gaston'.
Yours truly-,
Sept. 31st
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad Stroot,
New York City.
Bear Sir:-
I bog to confirm the following message which I tel¬
ephoned to you this afternoon:
"Mr-. Edison has prepared the annexed letter to
send' to the Edison United Phonograph Company.
Before mailing the same he dQBires you to sub¬
mit it to Major Hatton and ask him if it will
affect in any wayTirontracts now existing be¬
tween hirtaolf and the United Company:
Edison United Phonoeraph Co., September 21st, 1891.
Mills Building, Broad St.,
Hew York City.
Dear Sirst-
According to the oontraot enterod into between the
Edison United Phonograph Company and the Edison Phonograph Works,
thb Jfr'ofit allowed th6 'drorks is tWonty pen cent (20 %) on all thihgs
by tM'dfll. ity omnifont this clause is abrogated
•Of Vt'offi the htfta-'Mi'eof, and. in lieu of the
y ““ w,m all”*a- ‘1» won*. .in
now stylo phonographs, with .realm,, ana ^ ^
for sixty dollars (60.0« o.eh, ^ „ohani„,
Plot, ready for hot. .lth„t h.ttsry, for
00) osoh. w. shall try and m, year order, as fast as p<,sall)la
Ploaso nnav/er if this is satisfactory.
Yours truly,
THOMAS A. KDISON,
President
* KDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS. *
I send you the forgoing at Mr. Rdison'a revest. Ho would
like you to give tho matter your prompt attention.
Yours very truly.
i
Mewm Bat® a
Sdi*°“ *■««>*. Broad »
■ N*v York City),
' . . r;.
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tha month of Octobar Mon .
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Of bills'. If you dn „w * ^ thls series
y0U t “<* ^^stsnl Jnst ^at ,
■— «... -zrn
>f w'hiah you for war
iop this mountebank business.
Yours very itnj'ly,
Private .SesOB
li'AJf PHOt^ORAttr COMP ARY.
Jersey City,' M, J., Sept. 19,01.
0,$4> -y9
At 0* Tfitej J^aq,,
Orange, N, J>
Dear Mr*, Tate:-
I have your favor of the 17th instant-, enclosing
the dodger which you aay is being distributed in the City of Mon¬
treal.
1 bee to thank you for Sending it to me, and I shall take im¬
mediate steps to investigate and to stop any such kind of business
bding done. I quite agree with you that it is the sort of thing
that tends to destroy legitimate business.
I do not think our agents at Ottawa are informed of this, nor
oah 1 quite believe that it is put out with the authority of the
Montreal agent, but that some party who has purchased machines has
sent it butt Of course if this is thd case it is beyond our power
to control; at any rate I shall make a thorough investigation and
let you know the result.
Thanking you for your kindness, 1 remain.
THOMAS R. LOMBARD,
Thomas R» Lombard, Knq>,
Worth American Phonograph qomputy*
#14 & 16 Morrio St., Jbi 'fj$y Qi’ty,, fU J.
Dear Mr. Lombard: -
I have year 19th instant, stating that
you intend Investigating the mat tan of the dodgers which are being
circulated in Montreal, 6nft of ‘which f sent y°u some little time
ago* I hope that you will tyq fiuooosaftil in suppressing theta*
■yours very ’truly,
Private. Secretary*
septw 22, 1891.
My dear Brewster, -
Youv letter of 16th instant, enclosing check for
one hundred dollars, on account, was duly received by me, and tl»
same has been placed to your credit.
Your . remittance was a pleasant surprise. So many of the
boys are afflicted with forgetfulness in connection with little
matters of this kind that when one of them does the "kind act*
it startles me somewhat.
Yours
L'- ‘ ;
boi*
Thomas. A'« Edison, Esq.
Dear Mrv, Edison,-
”• Sept. un.
A. M. Kennelly.
My dear Sir:-
"" TO »»v° a. kindly „d.
“11°” ” *“ th“"t TO — «»» XT. Kdison tbrma
TO. It was yoally more than I expected you would do. t think
« «ill ally a.ttl. the we.tlon Ol .l.cty.„tion. it ,m
nil the unsightly pnrt of d««rtion(.„idi^,.
Th. heat »aa .ahibit.d at th. day... pay, of ,ta bMf_
HHSS«.ld. Ira, align. ^ ^ ^
a at the baa. -of th. hnnin th... hay. a*,y a.ath. A, ^ ^
«. .1 th. slsiisa tanned at th, hne. i„„„„, ^
pleasant to th. hand, tat ha™ b.™ ally ldo» both point. th.
body „h.y. then. i. littla »iatay. „
Of the body.
* “hjeot in mtting th, hl.„ty.d. in th. bottom « th. tank
naa to tak. advantage ,f m, *rr,M that night b. enaat.d in th.
■nation b, th. realatanae .abibiting heat.' . They. .iu ,
.bane. t. tyy th. tank .l,,ty.db a, di„e slnc j ^ „ .m
felly nettle the question.
Sincerely yours c
(Signed) A. p.. sottthwidk.
Hr, WillijEtm F, Xyona,
ABhland, SctwyJLkili Co.t
* r’Ply *° ’"•? iot,f °f ls'» *»«>« „
»r. Mteon, to toito you ».*; ,h.t ^4 of «,„ „ „w ln ^ ^
son <■«.»« to« •»<"* to. tUtoto t, , tot.™ you' that
Plain copper wire is need on both sides.
Yairs very truly,
private Secretary.
Ta. „ Ja<,ob H* Sehiff.
Dewia May.
^toanuoi lejjoan. wf"311 Blum’
*?* a. Isaacs. fn?
Oaoai* S. Straus t 5* ®0rwh0im.
° o » m i t t a e J 0t£tmi
j Dear Sirs:-
m MU°n “ted “ te «*»«•*< the „,8ipt *,
^ Utt„ « la, Mb to mnMKt, in ,
rW* * “ Si™ “ *•*». * *Wo.„ .
‘T" °“”te ** r * at „„
*« ■— * «» MM. »«. .Mis«„,M0MIs.4to
*” ^ >“ “ *<- «U *«, hta a.r
■ “Veral ””ta' **■ «- «, ta
"**“““*• * ^ — — ♦ Ur. Mi0.„ ^ b.
very Pleased to take part ip the banquet, and by so doing testify
to the high regard in «hich llB hol(3a S0li(fflan
4 ^ejigman, but as previous
lY stated hia absence will preclude his doing so.
Yours trnlv.
. September 24,01.
A* 0# Tate, Esq . ,
Edison Buildii^, Broad Si. ,
Ifew York City#
fiear Sir:-
Referring to your telephone moss age of to-day in regard
to the two insurance injectors who gained admission to the labora¬
tory last rook without a permit, I have investigated this matter
and interrogated every one hero and at the Phonograph Works who
would be likely to know anything about it, without, I regret to
say, eliciting anything definite On the subject. How the inspec¬
tors in question got into the building seems to be a dark mystery
known only to themselves. The boy in the gate house states posi¬
tively that he did not admit them, and 1 have failed to discover
any evidence thfet he did. It appears that the inspectors applied
At the Phonograph Works shortly after the noon hour and were re¬
fused admittance. Worn thaw they must have come to the labora¬
tory, perhaps tfering the temporary absence of the boy in the main
building# he his Often to difry messages to people in the labord-
im from Wfcii&S # sAe them, and he is very frequently
<&&&*■ & 1$ to&4 and the- #oCsitolity of
***£•* && .fkjgtjfafc oh Lakeside #m-t WhiCh is
r— thi . i Ior
« '"•«» of the t»o @»a™m imlto the U^racn
«o»raa they w *Ve jumped eve, the r « , ^ -
improbable* ¥
Afteu it «. diacovemed .that thee, men had «* ljlt0
b»Ualre »«!>« » POmit the toy „„ jmtmt,tL to l0„k ^
<loof of the Srt-*m«, 0TCry tl„ he had ««.sie„ to l.„, lt.
Henry C'« Ware, Esq.,
Edison Phonograph Works,
. I enclose herewith copy of letter under date 31st
Th°“s a Vioo-Preaidant or ,ho H0rth
torioon Phonograph Cranny, adaoo.o.a „ m„K> wth
to tho duplicating taainooo. Plaaa. file this aray oai-ofnuy in
Ponr car., aa it i, th. hui. upon ohioh „ a™ hilling „* m,iB.i
records against the various Companies,
Yours very truly,
•386
NORTH AMERICAN PHONOGRAPH GO',,
Jersey City, N. J, August 31st, 1893,.
Private Secretary of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, H..j.
and also ‘to t£t*?X In* It CV l0tter/°f *he 18*b inat ant,
Sdi«owh» ^le8S£^t existing betwoon this Company and Hr!
wishes, and with a view that this question can be ultimately set-
lod together with such other matters as aro to be arranged between
~r « S-T r‘lu“ lh-°* “ *pSES “Sr
It h, buslneBB will Give the necessary orders
naJn W * t0 8l'Eply blanka to you for the a o fount of Bach com-
ooTdsfor thTm US t0 d° 80 f°r the "®kinS of duplicate re-
r?l+n+Lnf,’iS howtver t0 be without prejudice to whatever
-ght a thin Company may have in the promises.
Wo will notify our local Companies at onoe of this fact and
shall be pleased to do whatever wo qan for you in the matter...
V/e will send with this, orders to the Works for such blanks
as have already been ordered from us by our local Companies in
connection with this business. Trusting that this will be’ sat¬
isfactory, we remain .
Yours very truly,
(Signfed)
The North Amerioan Phono.- Co.,
thomas r. Lombard,
vice-president.
Edison Buildinc, Broad Street, - ‘
New York City#7 ‘
Dear Sir:-
Th« following cablegram from Sim. .woo rooeivefl at tho
laboratory thi. afternoon. KnaaMatal, „pon r.ooipt of
contents were telephoned to you*
'l 0 n d o n , ENGLAND, Sept. 24-th, 1891..
r a B.d i 8 o n.
Company formed for business, forward'
you a ojiiea contracts!. SIMS.*
£fep-W 28, X801.
Ac Oo Tatt,
Edfeon Building Broad- Street
JHaw Yorft City*
50flr SJrJ*
1 *** * 8,WOT1M»* «* »»‘W« * »« fattOr of
imteni, .Wooing » .O^ioatto, ^ Iw ^
0M» of to*,.'. Kttora *1* , M„t *, „„ ^
0««r aW that 1* the W.5W, m^orsaing hlB *, ^
f0f Sioo, ana that t» *», in M„ rta,WSo„ «. i% w ^
thi’0^3 110 no* af ^ 0Ift in i^iis ,m?s<
wr. *>** haa ** he*n «m4 *4* :fc*o*at«*y «**■*■ ^
W 148 WaWiits’ tea itett** tfiite j *>nt to w iWl^ **
*m-*avm <**v* »*m& t* *** -u» w from
hint Whioh I hate a<j*m jsitjca ha. want aw on «ila uat trip. ^
tip jwi^t iia» I -aa iepPmnfc -of ttia n&rofj*, J W tfast
aajr W *"**4*
rpad.*t*t st&iig send* $& nTpoHa as to his
Ai iatt>rt stafl t ’%^ wusq xnx& yot# uisht^ lit thi#
raapa***
ypufs vary tmuy,
sept, 3ft, $&U
Mr. o, ?0 a&F r9
JiesaJw,' Car** 4 Jjlajdjiaona,; •
JKlCHKOSrPi VAo
Osar Sirs*.
Ms*. 23dit»<>n has 2»ea4 your feJttar Of 56th Aidant an<S in
vapiy haa instmntod me to say to you thst in the ^aayey 'fcoba^ao
exp^fimnts rhitfh he covM^^ 4uh*)/ ks^fcn mfiiW Of acc<*npliiiUihg
i&at you^esiitop ins3ndi«j I’bidfe#!# rtija *y&aas ffft they a^3, .
nos tated An giving to th* k>bft&bd ft ihra ign teii i>*n
&i the PsHitent tiftia-'^k Ifth&on ia ww 'fctg*i% ooaupietf, f/it&
impoitant ttCEk va-iffts mtZL<; £#* his ' Ht antioto aggfri ana dpV* add '
it -tfo^w. ba ia$oai$ifcl5t fof Mjfi ter tftke n« th*»» A?$baiwo ex»$3fti«
mania, He rosy, hojrovs*# -jifAr^ it, j&e&Abie *» <So> ao on,
py tawly.
COPY,
Sept emb e it- 17th, 1801.
My dear Kdison:-
I have just received your letter of Sept. 8th '
and regret to note that you take any exception to my transfer of
the Patents to the United Phonograph Company and 1 am at a loss to
see any reason why you should fool so, and can only account for it
on the ground of your not having understood the circumstances unde
which it was done. I can only repeat what I have already said in
this connection viz: that it was indispensable for the protection
of the Company's interests, in which you are so largely concerned
that we should be in a position to meet the attacks of the Stereo¬
scopic Company, in the event of the case coming on, as.it was ex¬
pected that ±i would, within a few days of the date , when
I made the assignemt in question. Vfhat I did was done under the
advice of lawyers, instructed by me entirely in your interests inr
dependently of the interests of the Ooimany, and every body was of
one opinion that the Company could not proceed with the action
against the Stereoscopic Company, unless the title IS?' the patents
was in the Company's name. What 1 did was a mere formality, a
mere technical requirement growing out of the peculiar situation
at the time. As a matter of feet, the assignment (the legal
assignment ), of the patents, was made by you when ycu signed your
Agreemoits with the “Kdison United Phonograph Company.'? The phono
graph patents were by that act, subject to the Doll reservation,
conveyed to the United Phonograph Company. I trust that tifcis fur¬
ther explanation will entirely remove from your mind any regret
that you may hgye felt at my action and that of Mr. Hardingham in
the premises*4ss I have already stated I will be happy at any time
to execute the necessary papers for oonveying out my name in any
form you desire the reserved rights relating to dolls otc.
Yours very truly.
(SIGHHD)
G. K. GOURAUD.
Sept* 29, 1891*
Q'o N. Moriaon, Eaq», Secretary,
The EcliaOn United Phonograph Company,
Now York City.
Dear sir:*
Your letter of 22nd instant, to Mr. Edison, in which -
quoted a criticism received from your Foreign Comnittee with re¬
lation to automatic phonographs, has been duly received, m rep]
I beg to irtfaiM you that the Nickel-in-the-Slot phonograph is ao
constructed that it wil2 not work unless a coin of the proper
dimensions and correct weight is inserted in the slot,..
In regard to tbs question asked by your Foreign Committee
as to whether the slot attachment could be so arranged that it
. would "return, coins which might be below half-size," in order to
accomplish this it- would be necessary to alter tho mechanism of
the attachment , and how such work this would involve it is im¬
pose able to lay offhand.
In regard to the Committee's suggestion that the automatic
machines should ba supplied with "lock bolts to save time," wo do
not understand what is meant by .lock bolts.
480
-*■
An to the shock that takes p^ce at the beaming of the
cylinder being datrh^tal to the record itself, *e do not under-
atand ho, this can be, as the reproducing point has to travel some
distance on the cylinder before the record comences.
Yours yery truly,
Private Secretary,
%/U.
i
»♦ So Sorfeto, ***,
*hg Chio«gO Edison Company, '
Cliibego, Illinois.
My deal* Gcx*to»fr„
■’ ’**" TO”' tetlw - ** in »
;te -1- ~ a»w ** « «.
“7 * **-*• *>» «*» - -n «« T
Z\ Jsd “ * ***• -«« ** —» « * «**«,
„ 2 °“1’ »*** « * «• * *w m**» ^
«f «* awa In « ion tha tp* ***** u mm
XhS 10,1:6:1 Size o* oaob aiation. j ffaa • M »
a **dw -Li 1 *W 39 lift* fa*
ths . -** *Mf9',"a ,h' **' 4" *I» Mrtew* ** Of
:rr' — ^ ^ *— «• «»
"IT rr^ ** *— — ** *» *» -« *
*. **„*, ay # g(MU, tte
. »» Mt on *mm t*t ^ u reaslTiae tjB
r!7"iW9 ^ *>***H^. 0..
m » **». ^ *„ ip w * finSBlatS)tt ^
»•««*«* w** *„ «, „^,Wu *«„*. »*„ *,*
ve displayed-.
F« Ord, Esq,, Comptroller,
Ediso«.Gemr-al Electric CompRny,
in "«r* to the I*™*.* M2U w4mt tta
“ ew, , „ w „* wa ^ tevs
«« so *« « ~ w »srw. , ia„ ^ [h< 4__
'**’ °f the bl"le VM8h aho'ra ’th0 -«**h9<l followed in
* *“ tlB ~ «*•— * «*.
“ •iE"i>S * tte ««. ,-poot „
t» on.-ou.to * the L*W„r, „,.„a „ „ aM _ ^
" 40 h" “ <8‘““ U **“ *«■•• " «“» call s». XMua. to „
assistance open hte rttwn, rnt setto, definitely v,„ , plm ,e
^ *«, «,.« * that edition out. ,».fc x .
-'nsua ft* s, .to aa bills mntoaa ^ ^ ^
* *S*":S- ** ***« * —»«. . *.« -nic .*
**■"”» * *ire **• *» imm*. attention, m Iman
*m te in ^ °^e Again on -Monday
Yours ysry fcro.lytf
Edison
not desirous of diaj«.
foniis procert;
iioh yr a refer to
very truly,
Privet*1 Sea
44;
Sept;. 30th, 1891c
Thonjaa R, Tjo-iba*^
,ja “» Vice -President.,
i^rth Amsrj car Phonograph Company,
r~l.‘X it 16 Morris St,, j f. r -
a°°ept ny ***** *>**««• Xet.fr of **th i»e*.
^cloaing copy oi latter received from your Canadian Agent.*, *«-
-Hfind Sro,„ v,ith relation to the-dodger- concerning the phono.:
&,B'h V‘hi<!h *** ^^ihttted in the streets of .Montreal; air.,, *cp?
^ a letter written by Messrs, Holland Bros, to. the party -ho l3-
rCfi?°nSlbU- *>* the **6er. 1 am very please-, to roe that vo.tr
W' 8 e*PV9'ii*t* ths importance of introducing the phonograph
^opcr.y, and .1 trust that there will net he a rep- tit ion of the
taking- aathode complained 0f, Thanking you f „ the- trouble yea
have taken in the 'matter, I am
Edward B« Adame,, Eoq., President,
Cataract Oonst.ruot.ion Company,,
No. 35 Wall Stos New York,
Sep-6,. 30, 1391.
Dear Mr# Adams,-
I have received yaw letter of SBlfc instunt and
note tl*t t}s facilities of Niagara Y’ails ibr the smelting bu~
sinesa were presented by one of your Directors to Mr. J. B« Kassil,
tlio principal owner of tho Anaconda copper mins in Montana- I
think that you dhould followup Mr. Hoggin on -this matter-, as tin
matte business of hia Company is tremendous. Have yon seen the
Parrot Copper and Silver Mine people? They have a big electric
matte plant, and 1 sra sure would be interested in the jirojeot-
Yours very -truly,
Se.pt* ,.*05 189]
Sup0 to j,
IF. e. Cable Co., Hifrdtea,
B^oadwey, New Yarn*
nvase accept my «*»!» for your letter or gsth
W’*°a:5ie Messae« *** Qotmrod, to Whom pie6ae
lb31o«ij-g replys
i*F * I-jrd.ouo
Never .heard at* the invonti or«
:“n youtr message, and I doubt
Mfei9r« to
it ■re-r-y muc do
liDISQNo *
Yours va*V truly,
-tea/-.
8i@l§
iraiteu, signed i-y
3®t,+ if i cates
ft&hk' McGowan
also enclose copy
-he origina!
Nfro* Co., United,
On tie isth of January, 1890, I made a transaction
^ tto **'»•■? «“*■». *«•* he turned the temporary
eU*t0djr °f °n<? ****** md ««* (*50) «ta». of the stock of tue
Sdison Ore Milling Comply* limited belonging . to », and in m
noma, the certified being Ho, 1123, represent!^ 100 .Mr*8f
and Ho. 1183, representing 50 Shares, Shortly after the date
n<mtW«r. MaGopm a appeared- and the Court has appointed on
Administrator’ *r his. estate, which is M beim settled. At
the time of hie disappearance >lr, *»aa*m hid on his person the
certificate* nomod. above,' since which time nothing diatevar ha*
been aeon or hears Of him. J desire to have tills stock reissued
ahd *1X1 be giM is you win indicia* the amount of tin bond trat
T<m w£il tVom ins, and the number of aaretiaa, if
$ Wiil be. ^a«y fttiiabted if yen can give this .gutter your
immediate *t$en*ito,. '
talMin/j photbgi^J.a os
my be kt tVio fcat, orator
'icnTK
i-0 fMO
soft UonvHtl ^ie<
spokSn to ?jfr,
iately.
at HUS Rdtisott's );
Dickaon vi]
therfi
■fcich Jit- wil
proceed to njuke
yorrs very treaty,
I hava received vow letter of 30th ultimo, in regard
to the meeting of tho American Institute of Mining Engineers '
which is to take place next week at Glen Sumnit, and at tfaioh
there is to be a discussion upon the commercial uses of concen¬
trated iron ores. I regret that it will be impossible for me
to be present at this meeting:; 1 an so busy at the Laboratory
.my attendance is out of the question. Slides, I prefer not to
say anything on the subject tfhiCh is to be discussed until our
Worte have been in operation a sufficient length of tin* to enable
me to give actual figures.
Thanking you for your letter
I an, yours Ve£y tyuly, ■
' i
J ohn Birkinbine, E3q . ,
No. 25 9, E.' City Hall Square,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Mojtf-ia a$n<
3*$»» Treao't*, &
Symphony ttrchem
How y
With inference to y0w lettei,
**> »«•»*, of Aloh ywr ^
0r“"S8 “W «* »«*« Sate*,
““--IPOio™ a*
‘‘fciSli®'.,*,,,,,
"**“• w in 0nffl£6_ aU ^
cribs to tl». courts:
* «* lowing nao»s of
mVM be Wteiy to subs-
MraW hiiii
fira. Blahhiiati
Miss ^{oaStd..
Irost&g that yob. ufii
Aubtfcriptio}*
yctfc^ vei*y
/j
A-y^
My daas? K'rtmni^
3, l891o
Wt,a' to im bj »Rubs«
7T **■ b'teto"“!" ’'h°"vott k”>" aM *° *- «*«*«
my 0AS S°” *• *“ ** ~ .0 *iah he
»« *>» » Sbto««»dy, la w tlB BJacJ:B,llh,s shslJ_ H0
*■“ tea tM”W* ”lth ** of th6
“■’ **' " Mm'* •“ ««*. ** m « *4 fa gat o„t.
»oM do a tt«* rt» «. fa* am> ^ ,
1 h« ttesb. fag, p„M!Mr w w ^ Mo s wstt£m a> -
to hialim * „* * sww^tttp.' g6 wu „ „ ^
®i4* owpatont fa flu „ plMO art> ^ ^ ^
to »o .to>* oapaeity. 1* fan «a p»visi g ^ ^
pjja&d do so^ oh?j!g* *
yotirA vary ,tj
• ' ■. •, j
-Kswuai, Bagia a GenVl, Manager,
Edison GejiswaJ Eleotrio Compenys
Schsrieq iady, Ifi, Th, .
. . , *" ^^'^5 1 ’
Major
Edison Buiidirg, Broad Street,
New York City.
* yow 25th te8to i„ r£?§ar,
Chandler Mortgage, and to my repay to same dated July lat,
oh X informed you of Mr. Ediaon’a desire tint you should
him in any foreclosure proceedings which might be in- '
ad in this connection, will you please inform me -of the ‘
; status of the natter. Has the Mutual Life Ins. Co. Am-
their inert gaga on the property?
Yours tru'y ,
Private Sacrutary.
Alexander Elliott, jr<,
W*** ^aml able Builtf*^,
PateViqpn, N* tf*
1 *"’ ”08i",e w“- *• *«d S8Pt, M
0'-‘bv 2ni „ respe jtively*
1 sappo“> « yon- offar <* S7,5!W to ,toUei. Jg
™UM ™ «» MV <* «• »*«-«l»ire «. option and *«,„
tte JdWMtr 36*i»y«‘»«F.. If „ do not tt„a t» ^WW,
i» snitj.t-.io »,» ww*., of cow, „ do not -nko it.
f.» »» VW» tl» down for con,,,^ Silva* Swirie,
vtovoHr to tto/kt a> & **. 0. worte.
Ps^Ser's minimum is too high*
it ooor. as the Works at Sedan 6„ in ojn-*t!0n end an tin
olttWiow X * a M yon a for senators Mo.
Pl*Rs on and Jones « /
I «toJo8o .^rawith a letter **» o® of my men who is maleic
SR • p-te sn-tf_yK in Penmylipaisla. I may rant you- to visit this'
and sec, .to «a?»aoatte Ffcepmks tufawed to. You had
bbtfer eaXl anti ace ms about it,
j ] iAptrs truly „
So' 3‘e .OMUf „ Bs> o 0 Ser*J3,« !tgtt&j8r9
Saitia fc-rpHof. Kdisva Eieefa’i c COo,
Niw.r.ipk City,
OfJto 59 13i'lo
’ Des? sir ■;» ’ ' ■ ■
Cepy of ycvp tireula* let tee? -Sc. jjiutriot Mangga*-.: Jic- ..
•">02;, e&vlosf ng sopy of propoe«a twin.** agreem^ fo? us* b-M- v ■
votur* Con$mv *s& its «ipioyess9 has bead a»3y reWiirad by. art.
Bdi.ACh.o -aio p&Ues.tha tell Wig point in vagard *> r.l'w fifth
Bls’aa? of the- &ie. agreement* Suppose an employ* hart an invent h
■and. you negotiate*, with him *»r its parctese and ihiled to- agree,
by the towns of this agreement yda'- would tbftn to bound to i»*bi"
tratw and possibly is obliged to pay «. bi;$ yam of mousy fcs? a
v&py small affair In other- wntoa aupy man ccald gat up soms-
•thing and rfem you buy it ty arbitrst.iono
So it rt Bdivon ihs clause above referred po seems bad#
Private Seoretai’y
lone, ow 0sntml statimj aixty
on road at ones. Double track.
Evoryt^ins complete, except Central Station,
aU" 0ldeiml C03t ^ regular tm*k, . §31,000
/foils'.
syssem. m g. •
sonditiona
>i tot with 120
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Henry Vi a#«( Esq.,
°ot. 6, 1891.
Naw Yo« c City.
Dear s4i*:-
tha follow^ „„ Mt)mtaa ear
on nn rall„,4 „ miIsa ^
LENGTH 96 miles in ft * •
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. f„Isht w w Mch on ^ ^ ^ ^
thia ialr 1 ”“‘S W h°°’'’ W P" «*..
thie as ths woret .conditioh.
t. ;i COSt °f °°Pp0r Pfll'S’' ** noV^ludi„E 808t of poles or
their are ction- _ * _ _ _ _ r
i
fost Of gtations ej$tra.
^3, 100 pair mile
46,000 per mile.
ljwer «ws^a „„ mer „raraot WBiaionSi
*f"" W#^ *■*»
*ln ; t0n° on Action the cost would be:
$2,900 for central rail. .
— ' -•*■» GPO ft>t* copper
Ksoo per mile.
OCtob&t* 6th, 1891 „
PieMi vs. Esq, , • •
Hxcnamsa. Pl^q, Room 6,
K * * 0 J1 k H t y»
Strs-
1 *" '71-‘!h Miserl for your letter of 1st instant in
'• to iron ora property situated in jjast Virginia,
lens a state .ho pivjea at w.,iqh ^property in question can
ehaeofl, and *<iso ijs wxact Kooati^ If the price is not
itivs, r will have my the property and examine
'** °!an ti8B ?l^»ody been on several ijild const chases down
examining mineral -deposits which were rapreaentad to UB as
eeritobl.e mountains of- ore-, but which we found to bo , in
f, small veins that did not amount to. anything at nil,
Yours very truly,
•T^y.T:
a position at nr went
in tlio labors-
aar.o, pleas i
tli at the laboratory inraefliutol;
Yaire vary truly,
October Bth, XBfil.
a«o, Paraorm Lathrop* Kso«,
#*& Several Street,
New 1 o n don, COMM.
Dear sirs-
Mr0 Kdison has read your letter of 5th instant. ire
aayc that he ean aigrrest mine mis novoUies for description in your
etory? and that yon need have nc feabs upon that point. It ie
impoB&ihie for Mr. Kola or. to prevent the newspaper reporter's from
obtaining' information in regard to 3uch matters as the subject^ of
the Interview to which you refer.
“ f» Kuna, J3na.,
#402 Garden street.
». Edison t»E rosoiv,,, your dollar „„
“ ’** “ *“ - « «» - yo„ tes „„
V” rwsa to fw,sscra T> iSBio4 alj r> s_ Btv
** *“-» «• «a«« to Wra
" ***> ”* “■> »1U * sbsont for , „► to, -
**“ tteraf0re- *"» «» - ~.i» t,„a‘ ;
» oUv thoy arriwj at tiio incoratory if thoy n u a(J,_
r. Kamouy, „ tin te. vary M.aaM to oo-.tfcoVfto™ thr,,^
Vourj very truly,
Oot* 10, 1E91.
Eduard D. Easton, Esq;,, President,
The Columbia phonograp h Company,
#627 E St. , H* W. , Washington, D. C*
Dear Sir{-
Plftase pardon the delay toich has 6ectiri*ed in answer ins
your letter of 1st instant, which was referred to me by Mr.. Edison.
In reply I regret that it will be impossible for me to attend the
Assembly of the Ecumenical Council now in progress at Washington.
Mr, Edison lias, however, instructed me to forward to you the
necessary appliances for reporting their prpeeadirigs, and ,T an
sending the same to you to-day by express, They consist of two
sensitive recorders and two diaphragm arms, with a good turning
off knife, for the purpose of obtaining a smooth surface on the
cylinder* to be used. In order to get. the very bast results, you
should also have flexible brass spaakirg tubes, but unfortunately
it is impracticable for the writer to make these up Ibr you on as
short notice. Please return the recorders. etc. when you abe
finished with them, and I hope, that they will be found satisfac¬
tory. ■
Youvrt v?ry truly, W. H. MILDER, Expert .
... M.
No y,
MRi jSD-aSOM^ RttPr.y.
Yours, truly,
Private Secretary,
•S 0 C I 35 T A 0 ■« K R A I, K I T A 1 I AHA D I
• 35 X E T T R I C I *,*..•
MIIiANfl-, August STih, 1891.'
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I 3MWTRS0 I.IHH'? 00. OP 'TJJRAPB, (JiTWIFEP ) ,
!!ndor late of Jamary JJnfl -Xe r.ecsivod a cowPunlxmVxtm
frcim’the E&iunn (General Electric Company In which .they advise is $
that we weald' receive a eommrnieatji.oh from yopr Ofu-jpany in ragged
to I %h« settlement ol‘ our claim in connection .with Lr® Edison ,rotcr-
iai furnished for the Sprague Eleotr.i.o 'Railway in -Rlc-renee.
V-e have not boon advised that •atjy •definite solution has boon
who loaves for Asuerioa 't
< days to vayqjjrsjaent um in the adjs.
ftPOIWM smSSAliK •I'£AI)XA>M.. ?I yKJ.ETTRIO"':
\ ’ my* -k wrn * m*** ^ M
n£ instant.
V your Orcheatj*
ihreo a«ats in parouett
'ours
JPrivattt Ser
Oa*dber
■ sor. Building, Broad St
I more herewith the ietter. or Met.*, Oyer 4 se„J;
te yoorewr, «,i* „,owmi,a »nir.>,W * «* !Mt(W{
*" 'W* *° 'Ur ,P“- »•*-«*♦*• ' I ‘Mhk that the ****«,„
<weafJon worn cn telegraph apparatus
*“ ».£. M I «. hot* S0 of
Vcitra
Cdtofeai*
■Concent]
rosard to
oxaminsd*
®*ttdr«
cents
winimwnn
At. Q«
Bai3C'r‘ Building, Broad Street,
Hew York City, '
0#t, ia, 1951,
’ Deal" Sir:-
I have your letter of, 12th instant in ngard to
discontinuing our advertisement in BHONQSSSM, This ad* Qan
be terminate* Uny time, end J have to-day Witten to Mias MoHae,
wmnne hjr of our decision to diapontinu, the advertisement
and instruejirc ter not to insert it in any futuro issue of her
Joivnai unless authorised by <us, in vnliting, to do do. Trusting
that t Ms win J>® satisfactory ; .
1 am, your 3 truly,
QBtoj>er 13r ;
'Por6 Montgomery, j-j, ;
I enoloae tewrttu lft,t ■
M™n* of to eMo * '*«' »,• to.80, ta
-•** -*« »»* -r :r:rme’ * r
«r *1M atoto^’.?**” “ t* °tto' «•«. «
— U ««J ^2 T“ rr tt“ *-•.«- *«*
. >u -toMto, mch obIleJiie
•fehmtjp $^>$tapy»
October lsth,
Ro Blanoyi Ksq,
■IS Pollen sto,
Yours very tru l'y
Secrete;
Bear Sir;-
Mr. Minor has ro«4 yo«r lottor of 3r4 irstsnt. i„
“'* *“ “"™‘ “» “ *■» »« >» r« «. aooompliah
** ”» *"“* ^i«si„..- ,„hsP, ^ oan
ho Phoaornphoj by «,«, OJ.4 toworrootype pros..,, th. ,olor> 6eiw
riue to diffraction* . .
October 18th, 1891.
Major s. d. Katon,
l<dt non building; Broad St.,
Now fork City.
Dear Sir:-
your letter of flth inatant in regard to a coftnpnicatfon
v/hioh was received from Colonel Golraud (copy of which was *ent to
you), belauv^to the alignment by him of certain phonograph pat¬
ents to the^Cnited Phonograph Company^ haa been received by Mr. Rdi-
evn. He notes that you have prepared and forwarded to Colonel
Oouraud for execution the necessary forma of assignment, by *hWh
Mr. Kdison will be projected in his right to any application! of the
jrV Swi-ta,
OjWfco 14, 18 3i0
Hr. *H.« to TCW „ nh iM{mit'
m<u\ ”*■ **"*»>' wmiu
*hle 1.
» h.. too ^ j***, „ lst '
110 }ia3 m3de «* t'ottortiiv no tit
*«
y^» varpt pay.
I have exanined Mr. Edison's agreement with the A. B. Dick
Company relating to foreign countries, under date 3lst December,
1889, and there is nothing in it which refers specifically to the
use of Mr, Edison's name in the above connection.
The 5th clause of the said agreement provides that no- Company
shall be formed in any country other than the United States for
ths conduct. or exploitation of the mimeograph business without
>t the written consent of Mr. Edison. Here is the paragraph in full:
“The said party of the second part (A. B. Dick Cpi>) hereby
agrees that it will not organize or cause to be organized
in any country other than the United States, any corpor¬
ation or corporations, company or companies, for .the con¬
duct oi’ exploitation of the' business carried on by the
said party of the second, part, in the manufacture and sale
of apparatus containing and embodying the said invention
and improvement; covered by said letters Patent No. 224,665,
or parts thereof, without first obtaining the written, cor,”
. sent, of the party of the first. 'part*. ‘{Mr* Edison).*
I re turn herewith the letter of J. lewis Young, of
on, in regard to the use of Mr. Edison's name in connection
rith the -Mimeograph, the same having accompanied your favor to n
of 13th instant.
0. Tate, 'Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
New York City.
-2-
Of course, inasmuch
Company the privilege of
states for .sale .in foreig'
as the agreement confers upon the Dick
manufacturing mimoogn^ha in the United
in countries, 1 suppos/y it is understood
that the apparatus win ^ aold by them
their licensees in
to
we
"lB" ^ M the “Ectloon Mimosraph.-
««> pith relation
the Mteoerapn are in Major the only one rt.ieh
lave here being the one referred to aboVo,
Yours very trdV>
Da&r Sir}.-
Re Philadelphia' mid Reading Coal mnl Iron qo. Lease*
I return to yon herewith the eight papers which accompanied your
letter of 12th instant addressed to Hr* Edison, the same having
bean prepared by yon to take the place of the old leases ff acting
this property. Mr. Edison executed each of the said documents
to-day and adJcnbwl edged them before Mr, Randolph,- as Commissioner
of Deeds* X app ehd a list of the papers!
(1) lease, P* Si 8-.J, j; I* Co, to Thomas A* Edison ..dated
November 18P ia§0 ^0 copies).
(2) Agreement, P« & R*. C« & I. Co* with Thoms A* Edison,
dated November 18th, 3840 1 2 copies),
(3) Lease and qormqnt of P- & R. C. & Ii. Co, , '.Thoms A*
Edison bait* YV.- Concdntrati.% life., dated • .day of
September1, 184*1. -{b copies).
(4) Agreement, fhOatas A. Edison with thd N. XV Concentrating
— *’:s. dated September 1831» with consent of 8. &
October 16th,
:Son Building,
KdiSOn is RUch ahliced for your favor of lath in-
«»nt, » *i.h i. contained . dopy „ ywP lelt„ „ ^
”®rl *° R0'’'rt connection with the Stoddard .»0d,r.
ground Cable Company..
very truly,
Privat e • Secretary.
-ho Whitehead !?ro
in ropard to the proposed el.it of your Hr. to m mm
H-nec In reply he ha. inetruoted me to say that th.i Hill at neae);
” 't’lCh '”1* >»' «<»Pfny i« to. be „.,a has Slot
been in operation sine, th, b.i, re.eh.d ^ „m Mn ^
mn„i„B in about too ooeks, hooee.r, and Hr. Kdi.on „ra„t. that
pour Hr. Y/hitehead i»ospones his visit until that time. '
Yours very tiuly.
Rrivato Sen rat ary.
#161 Cedar Street,
Hr. fcai son lms received your letter- of Hth Instant.
Vou have been misinformed reapeq'tlnc the plant at ■"?; 'Jen .. -Ho trou¬
ble has boon experienced in connection with any e. the apparatus
there except what is due to poor construction, arrl that is now be-
' in(j remedied.
Regretting that Hr. Kdison is unabl6 to avail himself of your
Oct‘« in 1, 1891,
A. 0. Tato, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broacl St.,
Now York City ,
With reference to your letter of 19th instant, en-
«■> »*«"> - » rai
j 3,0riioh W0re applied, to Chasf J, McAleese, Superintendent
of the Baltimore City Eire Alarm, I beg to infom you that on
°f N0Veraber> 189D’ J* B* Voaue, Gen’l, Manager of the Ajrw
Diotriot Telegraph Co., Baltimore, ordered 25 »G“ cells, ex jars,
sent to. Mr. McAleese, which order was subsequently increased to
40 "G’' CaUs by Mr« L°S“e» info ms me that the installation
was arranged jointly by himself and. Mr. Yeakle, on tho understand-
. ing that if the battery proved satisfactory it was to displace the'
one then in use. The cells were sent on trial. IS of them were
placed on one of the Eire Alarm people’s main circuits and only
lasted about five weeks. The remaining 22 cells wore placed on a
40 pen register, with what result Mr. Logue is unable to infom me.
Both installations were nude under Mr. logue’s supervision. 50
"6“ cells ware subsequently ordered by tho Tire Alarm people and
Paid for. Mr. Isoguo says -that the last time he discussed the
matter .with Mr0 Yeakle, the latter advised our leaving the old
Letterbook, LB-053
This letterbook covers the period October 1891-October 1893. Much of
the book consists of interoffice correspondence involving Edison; his
bookkeeper, John F. Randolph; and his private secretary, Alfred O. Tate. The
letters deal almost entirely with financial matters. There are many letters
concerning the personal finances of Edison and Mina Miller Edison, including
the liquidation of their holdings in the General Electric Co. and the sale and
purchase of other stocks and bonds. Some of the letters relate to financial aid
provided to family members, such as Samuel Edison and Margaret Stilwell.
Included also are correspondence and other documents concerning the costs
ot experiments, laboratory and company payrolls, Edison’s account with the
patent firm of Dyer & Seely, and his property at Menlo Park. There are also
many routine letters regarding Edison’s financial transactions with the German
National Bank. The front cover is labeled "From October 19, 1891. To
October 28, 1893." The spine is stamped "Letters." The book contains 695
numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent of the book has
been filmed. Related documents for this time period can be found in LB-051
and in LB-054 through LB-058.
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Letterbook, LB-054
This letterbook covers the period October-December 1891. Most of the
letters are by Alfred O. Tate and Thomas Maguire. There is also
correspondence by Edison. Many of the letters relate to the manufacture and
marketing of phonographs and cylinder recordings. There is considerable
discussion of the packaging of cylinders. Other letters deal with the
development of wire-insulating compounds for the Edison General Electric
Co. and the ordering of a motor from that company. Included also are
financial statements for the Edison Manufacturing Co. and numerous letters,
many addressed to the firm of Dyer & Seely, regarding domestic and foreign
patents. In addition, there are letters concerning mining and ore milling,
electric traction systems, and the testing of storage batteries at the West
Orange laboratory. Appearing on pages 578 and 663 is a list of Edison’s
inventions for 1891. The spine is labeled "General" and "From Oct. 31, 1891.
To Dec. 31, 1891." The book contains 695 pages and an index
Approximately 20 percent of the book has been filmed. Related documents
for this time period can be found in LB-051 and LB-053.
OotOber SJinfij
w. H* Brearley, Ksq<
>XHK DKTROIT J0URMA2
Detroit, MKJHc
Dear Si)
Xvnr letter of 9th instant in rogard to the ph oftojsraph
waa tSaly received by Kr. Mison.. TOiat ycu suggest ie already an
aocorapliahed fact. The latent otyle of phonograph has an aUanh*
’.nent for uao in connection frith a nailing ;#ylMor. Thin cylinder
is 1" in diameter, » l/2 * long, and will hold about 400 worrits-*
It was specially devised for use in correspondence*
Yours very truly,
Private Secretary*
16
19
October 2 2, 1891.
Edison Bi&lding, Broad Street,
With reference to your letter' of 17th instant to< Mr.
Edison, anking if our method of labelling nju3ical records^ is
patentable, and if so whether he considered it worth while taking
out a patont, I beg to infojro you that Mr* Edison has returned
your conrnunicatiOn narked “n*
It is not quite plain which of
the two questions embodied in your inquiry- Mr. Edison intended
this reply, for, or whether he meant to cover- them, both, hut it is
pertwps sufficiently comprehensive for your purpose-
YOurs truly,
October 22, 91,
Buil<
Broad Street,
Mr. Edison does not v/ish the Wax Factory at Silver
Lake opened until our stock of cylinders has boon reduced to
answer to. your letter on the
lonth'o supply. The foregoing
subject, dated ITth instant, address od to My. Edison.
Yours thuly.
Oct, 22, IS&t,
A. 0. Tata, Esq'. ,
Edison Bui .Ida an, 2 road St root,
New York City.
Bear Sir.i^
In reply to youi* letter I'i'tli instant, with relation
to the attachment f“qr adjust ins the phonograph devised by Walter
ttiller aid applied to a nickelrdnvfchci^slct trichina in the I/sbora.-
tery, Mr. Edison repeats his suggestion to that effect that one of
these Attachments should be presented y^th every 100 cylinders
fterdhdhod from u&. We could thin, Mr. Edison says', set a, price
Upon tWJ apparatus and supply duplicates of it td such companies
.as might cUtt IWh them.
Y«h«j truly.
October 22, 2891. f
A. 0. Sato, Iisq.,
Edison Building, Broad St.,
Now York City.
Bear Sir:-
I return herewith lot ter from the Gen'l. Manager of
the Contracting Dep't., Edison Gpn'l. Electric Co., together with
copy, of letter, from Ur. K. A. Eyerett, of Toronto, asking for
information in regard to Mr. Edison* o now 'dec trie railway
system, both of which accompanied your favor of 17th instant,
upon which Mr. Edison has made the following pencil, note:
“All -right l Will hereafter refer to. Edison
Gen'l. Co. You know enough to reply to
Everett."
Yours truly*
Oct. 22, 1891.
Jane a Brown, Esq., Sup't.,
The Direct U. S. Cable Co., Limited,
Ko. 40 Broadway, Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Your esteemed fevop of 16th instant, enciqsing messago
from Col. Qouraud , was duly received, but the reply tq same was
delayed owii\» to the absence of Mr. Edison.
Mr. Edison -will be obliged if you will kindly send the
following reply to Col. Gouraud:-
“Wall Ship immediately talking doll ‘for use at Conrad
Cook's lecture; if possible, v/ill send two. EDISON. ■
PjJTV
Private Secretary.
K.
J U ty,, t>4 ^ , , . ij
Oct. 23,
Mr, C. A. Johnson,
P. 0, Box 256, Birmingham, Ala.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 15th instant in regard to Mr. Edison’s
Ore Mill ir£ process, was duly receivod. In reply I beg to inform
you tint tin Company which controls Mr. Edison's Magnetic Ora
Separators manufactures them for its ovm use only. The machines
are, of course, only applicable .to magnetic ores. Mineral proper¬
ties are leased or purohased and worked by the Company itse-lf.
The Feekukill plant to which you refer will be in opex-ation, it is
expected, in about two years' time; the Company is about to com¬
mence the construction of a railroad there. Thanking you for
your letter
I an, yours very truly,
Private Secretary.
u*. .
Oct. 23, 1891.
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
Hew York City.
Boar Sir:-
dofeiring again to the complaints which have bean re¬
ceived from several Phonograph Companies in regard to our method
of packing musical records, I bog to inform you that I have dis¬
cussed the matter' with Waltdr Miller and the information obtained
from him on tl* subject is embodied in the following:
It 3 oo ms that Mr. Edison’s object in packing the cylinders in
pasteboard- boxes, and discarding the cotton batting which is used
by the North American and other Phonograph Companies, was that by
so doing. he would avoid injuring the surface of the record. When
cylinders are wrapped in cotton tatting it appaars that the cotton
sticks to them, thereby injuring the surface of the record and
causing the reproduction ta be scratchy. Walter informs me, how¬
ever, that When at Montreal recently he discovered, in connection
with the musical records sent there for exhibition, that a large
accumulation of duct, from the excelsior rJi'ich wo use, becomes
deposited on the surfaco of the cylinder, and that the damage, done
the record thereby is mu-ch greater than that inflicted by tha
cotton batting. Waiter also believes that the liability of break¬
age is greater in ow system than in th? other. Another argument
in favor of the cotton batting is that it would bo rmch oheapdr.
V/o receivod a few day a w;o ono thousand of thcr pasteboard
boxes, and whether or not you dacido to change our method of
packing: I think it is desirable for us to use those up, for by
eo doing wo rail be afforded an opportunity of subjecting" them to
another teat, which should -enable us to decide as to their suita¬
bility for au? purp oa a . I Tail wake careful note of euy com¬
plaints in this connection that may be received in the future'.
46
A, 0,* Tate, Esn.,
Edison Building, Broad 3t. ,
Mow Ypvlc City.
i beg to inform you that Mr. Dickson obtained this
from Mro. Kdiabn the following medals etc. belonging to
.’•:ich he Kirill proceed at once to
1 Gold Medal, French International Exposition, 1878.
1 Bronze " " 0 “ , 1839.
1 Gold Medal, Italian Society of Science.
1 Gold Medal, souvenir of Eiffel Tower, presented by Eiffel
to Mr, Edison.
1 Enameled Cigar Case presented ,to Mr, Edison by the Czar of
Pftisaia.
2 Gold Medals, in case, Italian order conferred upon Mr.
Edison.
Insignia of the order legion D’hOrtnour - Command erv,
a u u " - Officer.
Letter of King of Italy to Mr. Edison, with translation.
The following wore delivered ip Mr. Dickson by the writer!
1 Silver Medal presented to Mr. Edison by the Municipal
authorities of the City of Oomo, the birthplace of Volta,
Letter from the Municipal Authorities of the City of Como,
with translation.
Certificate of Membership pn the Committee pf the Interhation~
al Electrical Exhibition, 1891, Frankforfc-on*thB Main.
Certificate of Mentorship in Roy^l Academy of Sciences in
Stoekholm.
Thelrw are also Certificates of Mr. Edison' 3 Honorary Member ship in
M. Y. Chamber of Commerce, H» Y» Telegraph <JTol>, and membership
in Am. Society of Mechanical Epeine era etc. , which I assure you
do not want Mr. Dickson t° Phonograph* A A
Y<«rt truly,
Oct. 26, J891,
Samuel Insull, Esq., 2nd Vice-President,
H d i s o n G e n ' 1. Electric Co.,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 21st instant, in regard to c suitable
compound which is needed for use on your grade Wo. 1 wire, was
forwarded to Mr. Edison at Ogdens burgh, and 1 now teg to advise
you that he ton returned the same to the Laboratory -with instruc¬
tions to turn it over to our Mr* Ayleswortk. wh irh ha.- ban: done,
Mr, Aylea worth beliove3 ttot i non-infla»r,;:able compound can be
furnished that will answer your purpose, and he will consult Mr,.
Edition about it at the earliest possible moment.
Yours very truly,
Private Secretary*
58
Oct. 26, 1391.
Scmuel Insull, Esn., 2nd Vice-Pres't. ,
Edison G e n ' 1. Electric Co.,
How Yor^c City.
Doar sir:-
I return herewith file of correspondence in regard to
the Rook Drill patented by Mr. 0. W. Sticlcney, together with copy
of U. S. Patent No.. 270,613, the same having been f° warded by
you to Mr. Edison at Ogdpns burgh with your letter of 21st instant.
In reply Mr. Edison lias made a pencil note on your letter as
follows : "I do not believe in -fiiis. Edison*1'
Private Secretary.
Private secretary.
65
Oct. 27, 1891.
Thorrac A. Edison, Es,].,
IJ, Jr. & Penn' a. Concentrating v/orkc,
Ogdons bur^h, II. J.
Dear Sir:-
1 enclose herewith another letter wh ich was received
this morning from Mr. Eugene H. Lewis, in regard to an interview
v;-'ich he and Mr. J>* Infrevillo desire to linvo with ycu re the Y/elch
case. Yo\i will note that the case i3 expeoted to come on for
trial the first week in November, and tlat Mr. Lev; is deems it
essential for the consultation to take place at onoo.
In accordance with your instructions, a. letter has lie on
mailed to V/. 3. Mallory to-day, advising him of Mr. 3 wart s' dis¬
missal.
Yours very truly.
ifStfpfs
Oct. 20, 1891.
\'t. S. Mallory, 13uq.,
No. 7 Randolph Street,
ChicaGO, Illinois).
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Edison lias instructed me to inform you of the
fact tint Mr. Swart s has been discharced from the Mevr Jersey and
Pennsylvania Concentrating Works for intemperance and total in¬
comp otency.
YOurs very truly.
Private Secretary.
Oct. 28, 1881*
A. 0. Tate, F.aq.,
Eel 13 on Buildiw;, Broad St,
Mew YorK oity •
! MM.it). leW.' tw “,aS°P
of scl-.ene.iady *■ *» «•<»« “ tM P'
Mich is W «*.' “* SilVeP la“'
Mien says that if «- seWeiady «. ~«M "»* *
terrain standard Xa. 1 inachirte, Vnich w a motor of about 8
mL. se as io *„ WOO ~T
Me pwposfr, ana M Ita. y- «“ "
7/itli ono of then* imncdiateiy .
Voters tnixyj /
85
Private secretary*
October 29th, XStH.
puftiB
#242 V&tn Street,
Orange, K« ?.
Goar Sir}*
Please afivi8e me if the Wateltthg Averxtf$, Deed/which I
Bent to you reoently^haa been aaaeptad by the TomiBhip Comaittee^aaW!^
nwoh oblige,
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Cuiiding, Broad at.,
Mow York c^y
pear Sir:-
I havo your letter of 26th instant in regard to the
packing of musical records, m-i Walter Miller will carry out your
suggestion relative to packing soma of the cylinders in cotton
batting. Walter proposos to pick in the manner named half of
each shipment of 50 or wore records that vre iray make during the
next month or so, scut to send the other half in the pasteboard
boxes that WO are uOw Using. 1 can then ask the Companies to which
the shipments aho made to inform us how the cylinders wore reo'd.,
aiai Which of them ware in the best condition. This should en¬
able us to determine Which of the two methods of packing is the
beat for odr purpose.
Yditrs fhxly.
&
October 29trH*
■'tbftafta fi» Connery* K«q*,
hi«-w*Ujm rm, «• J.
Dew* Sir:-
At Mf. KftiBon'o ttgatll I for**H to you the enoloae^
<tf e letter revived bi r Bite irom Mf. Johh Kreuli, with. relat¬
ion ti the ?our y«in* men fro* South America, ebon yoar frienfc «*-
IV fyreidWB ueeirefl eflniittea to «fc* Saheneetefly WorXo. Hr, K&eofc
recvwto frhft it is i^raetioahSierto gratify Kr> Paredea'o wiefie*
elih rennet to theVe young tn#i taring; to the present croefleit <-«?-
flit ton o£ the Varies** He SfagfliHe that application be wade to
the Iftotaepiw-fiwunton people; et s»*>t *ouid be *» ge$$> have the
th# eleotrioel toorhe *t Cornell varjrftaeity,,
y«a«j jwsfy tvelyv
*v*A.
*c b fr y.
B.
Soheq^Rtady, H. Y., Oct. mb. fc*.
Wy dear Mr. 'Edison: -
I have jfpu r latter ofr the lath inatant, and
in reply would say that unleaa; you are particularly enxio«B ib*t we
ehedld comply with the request of Mr. feonn^ry, I nust decline to
take three or four of these yostae mfcn. We have already over fifty
here norr, which is really more- jthah wre have room for. I will,
'however, plbO'tt all or arty of t^kn» If ywr ao desire,
1 rfeturn yda Mr. aortn»ry,4‘l?i‘'ter o t the 12th, herewith.
Yours: khaly,
{Signed^ John Kreu&i,fc
ooiwr& Manager.
Vice-President.
lorrespondenoo with the
H «w York- and to your lot ter of 241
jotter advise
possible he- will
■ystem on their line:
to obtav
determine whet1
vonient to
Yours very truly
99
Col. Goo. R. Gouraud,
Edison House, Northumberland Ave.,
London, Yf. C.,- England.
1 beg to confirm the following cablegram which was
sent to you 22nd instant by Mr. Edison, via The Direct U. S.
Cable Co., Limited:-
“Y/ill ship iron ed lately talking doll for use at Qonrad
Cook’s lecture; if possible will send two. EDISON. 11
Two dolls go forward by to-morrow's steamer.
Yours ’/cry truly.
S |
Private Secretary. dt
u Jr
0 ct, 30, lgtfU
Edison General Electric Go.,
Lojrp Manufacturing Dep't.,
Hupriaon, H. J.
With reference to tl« oncloaed orclor for lamp bulbs,
vfiion sending these to the laboratory please- pack them carefully..
There were 50 bulbs brokon in tho last barrel that you sent to us,
the re suit of careless packing. The barrel contained 150 bulbs,
op you V/iil see that the breakage was quite excessive. The broken
bulbs are, of course, useless to us, and we will be obliged if
you will make it your business to set that those for which we now
send you order are packed carefully and in a proper manner.
Should they come to hand in a condition similar to the last Ship¬
ment, v/e will return them to you.
Yours very truly,
T1IE EDISON LABORATORY
Oct. 31, 1391,
i;yor ' Seely,
Ho., 36 iV a 1 1 st r c c t
Ho '/r York City.
x ra'~ t0 acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
tant, enclosin', assignment -to Thomas A. yJcUson from V.'. K.
Df his invent! or on improvement in the art of photography
>V application Y'4.‘-3340.
Yours very truly,
Pi’ivate Secretary.
115
Milan , . Brio Oo.,
I beg to inform ydu that there will w shipped to
yo\ir address to-day, by oppress, in accordance with instructions
received from Mr. Edison, ono Foat'-Treadlc Phonograph and 50
Musical Records. Mr. Edison will also send an Expert to Milan,
who will explain to you tbs Operation of tlx, phonograph, and it is
ur. Edison's desire that ycu do nfct unpack the machine until the (
arrival of the Expert, who will call upon you the latter part of
Yours very truly,
Private Sacra t»W»
Oct. 51, 1890.
Edison General Sloe trie Co.,
Eadtoata District, Edison Bd£., Byoad St.,
NOw York City .
Dear SiT&:~
Referring to tho enclosed order for a #1 Standard
HotoPi please put this requisition through with all possible
haste-. We qr? in a hurry for th^ machine, and wish to be put
in possession of it at the earliest -possible moment. Anythinc
that you can do to expedite its shipment from tho Schenectady
Y/olrks would be appreciated by
Yotitei truly,
uct <j 31, 1891,
Thoiias A. "Edison, "Esq. ,
H. J. S: 'Porin' o.o Concent ra-fc in- Works ,
Ogdens bur^h, !u JV
Dear Sir:-
I onoloao li&revritl] coni'- of Duplicate Musical Record
Report for the vraek end ins October 31st, 1891; also copies ol
Manufacturing Company's weekly Financial Reports for week endin'
October '29th, \ 1891.
I alsioric&oso ioreivith a letter received to-day fron Ur.
P. B, Delanyfxtogot'her with newspaper clippings..
Yours very truly
0 6 P Y.
B,
RDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
O R A N 0 K , N. J.
FINANCIAL REPORT FOR WRKK ENDING OCTOBKR fi9TH, 1891.
BATTERY DKPARTMR «.
1.
SALBS-FOR WEEK - —892.06
a.
ORDERS ON HAND - - - 129.17
a,
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - - - - 4-961.96
Leas, paid during; •week 087 •5B
Het sum duo 4294.40
' 4.,
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE— - - - - - 10637, 08
Less reaeived during week 898.97
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/&*-*- 1Y-j)crt*
Chas* jr. Biyxinf Sflq*, Mmisgor,
Bdiddrt tien'l. Electric Co., Eastern District,,
Replying to your letter of 2nd instant, in regard to
order #8413 calling; for ft No. 1 Stftrtdftrd Edison Motor,
aaairo to have this motor wund 11^0 voits, and viU also re-
irairo a Aioostat and base frftiae.
Tcnra truly,
tef kotSON LABORATORY
9/M^L
Hov. V 1891,
i'ftins is U. Upton, Ear,., Gen'l. Manager,
bamp Mfg. Depft.,’, Edison Gm'l. 31a e. Ce,,
Harrison, H. J.
Dev.r EirJ-
Mr, Edison is nuch obli god for your letter of 3 let
ultimo, enclosing copy of a latter from Mr. Clark, relative to
certain tests nhich wore conducted by him at the Laboratory, and
•i i "w; Ration with vhieh no felt tl» rant of a storage battery.
Mr, Edison is in ffc vor of having a storage bntt&ry at tlio
Laboratory, and ha say3 that then* should be ora installed here.
Private Secretary,
E4Sa on BuSHlnsf, B*o»4:St.,
Nflw Toy* city
Ref among to i*W JOttOr of 3td lnat*»40 I be« tp
inform you tfa*t n*. S* «amis« to sou by
mounted yhotognipha of inn, Rdi*on*a ao&itls, dooomtione *!$», ~h<,
Ur. JHflJcocn vishsa yon to return to ^aftUo j>*oe|* tfUth hi handed
to p* p*roOT»iiy. ' ' '
VeWtti >*ry ttftrtyv
*» &♦* *#* W ** Jaw- m ***#> of tfc*-te*8»
Britten* t^a*, JR* * *>'* *&x*r' Vb®****
*ri?r jtt*um *4 on «*iri bBO^. Tb<* rtegatives 4t* 4 yi»or
179'
*«*• 6, 280; o
H fHOM J{ MAY C^OJrh,,.
tWa is u mM#y that t* boaror, <5*0*0? h. Al1?h, was
eBpl^-^d in this laboratory about two ** « half living
ihM period ho afrtod in various capacities, in aach of which -
pofform&d hio duties to our ml.im satisfaction. Ho worico,; as
yiraman for ua about 18 wont ha? wo conoid or him antirely content
to fin auoh a position, and <Stadrfully moocnond him to any or.*
in head of his aervicaso
THB BDISOH IilBSRAIOEY
n ft****—'
■>oo. H. Hosa, Esq.,
#63 & 65 Y/est Washington St.,
0 h i c a g o , ILLS.
V/ith reference to your letter of 38th of October oA~
•Ireoavd tc Mr. Kdiaon, with .relation to the Crystal Wfeter Palace
which It is proposed to erect at Chicago in connection with the
Columbian Exposition to be held in that City, Mr. XAlmn .ue-jrote
that M cannot entertain your proposition, relative 'to. tie n
in- interested in the project. Mr. Edison’s own exhibit at the
World’s- Pair will call for all of his attention and it *wl« bo
q-iito impracticable for him to devote any of his tir-e to other n.a
ter s connected therewith.
In regard to renting space for exhibition purposes ia the rr
Posed building, and also with reference to furnishing the
ar;d appliances necessary for the eleotrical displays referred H
youz’ letter, you might oormunicate with the home office of ’.the
Edison ttert’1. Rise. -Co., Edison Building, Broad St., Mew 1W* City
Company will have charge of all the details of the Edison
Years very truly.
P*»f. *U B. flaks,
so. 9b? s^nsom street*
JhU&dsJphia, Pfl
Xv. Winmte reM your i,tt„ OI mi> Mtfao> ^
”hi°h y°“ ■“»« — iWi* th, ^ „
•rou^t to. lMte, t„, WBri>irth „ yom, ^ ^
r"1*”" with the (o«, no. 8»mt.
In »J>ly ho h«a instructed «, to i„rom ro„ th„
p,.Pie *»»..?.* «. **«.*«*,*„,. „„
thin, <»«^f«ht >.jr to then on tho .object of boiler, -„ola
net' have any/affact.
Ml tbs letters which von >u t> Ur. Idiscn * naUlion
to el.ctri. lishting in fuicdelphi. *. ,„ a„s„.
C°-’ *Itt «“ rt" - «ha. to «t3 „ tna
<&, Jjzsr
Jriysft?. «,
Yours truly,
»*** 8jl*x
Has r**a *,tW of 27^ in
***** > *i* aapaoymant * !**«#»? «yai,» m ** ***,„*
«***«***** *Hv*t«d Vt^annr •!** * »**.. MPo ^i6on
**** that, jk *31 *»om* t» «*& %« *h«* ytm «*,»*** *00i in
*»&K»124«. witU hia *il*ajr ay^e*. t Wuld alg#
***** t4* Sn^tito m ,4»*l«fc fop
^ ****** ««jp* and ******* loo**
k^aS^**!***** *m* *3^* * »*, **t* a**.
5 1891*
tea, b. hart#*
frte H Hd • i Ultte a . ta
tno?, ■
8-4/ : Jj&sT'.
Priwca $&*&&?
iCA?.l<S S'lBIO’S WASWMGTCJf,
Hov-u 7, lS9Io
Prof. H. Ho Thurston,
Sibley Collo go, Cornell University,
Ithaca, a. r*
Reply to your latter of 25th ultimo .ha* ttfev., de¬
layed ovine to the necessity of my having to forward i* to Us%
Edison, who is now at his iron mine in -Ogden, N, J<., xti tan he
expects to remain for some time yot,
Mr. Edison has instructed mo to say in answer to >ur out'"
municatio n that he regie ts exceedingly he is again compelled »o
decline your kind invitation, so courteously' extended tc himself
and Mr.s« JSdis on, to visit Cornell. At the present' time Ur, VLitw
is busily -engaged, night and day, and can scarcely find 'tea* to
eat or asleep. Ho is trying vary hard to dispose of sew- of tlfc
more pressing work, and until that is accomplished he will not,
permit himself to give a thought to recreation. He appreciates
very highly your invitation and regrets his inability to **&*
It at this time*
In regard to a lecturer to talk to y*ur students on the
Edisoh aeries of inventions, Mr, Edison suggests U» A, *.
cf the Laboratory , who is the Ccmnltina Elec uic' i.v
oar Mr., Kdiao.n:-
Yoi may remember me an the member of .the World'*
Staff who aooompaniod you to lunoheoh on the Oocasionof laying
the oornor storte of the Pulitzer ending, and who suggested the
idea of depositing phonographic cylinders in the- Corner stone-
1 hesitate in introducing a personal matter on so busy a man, .but
am onconraged to do so by the refutation that both you and I have
•workod <«r way up"-you to the head of applied electrical science,
and I to the editorial charge of the greatest newspaper in the
world (or 1 think.)
You aim appreciate, therefore, my interest in my boy,, concern¬
ing whom I venture to ask^a word of advice, fe in 25 years old;
took a 6 years course in electrical engineering at the 'Boston In¬
stitute of Tocology* went Immediately ( two ^y ears ago) into the *
service of the Boston Board of Ffse AUnderwritera, and has ri'*en
to be second in the branch of Klectrical Kxpert Examiner,. die
knows (at least suporfioialdy ) every pieoo ^'.pl'sctrical cnedhinery
in Boston, is both a. good penman, and. an exeao^it writer teas editor
of tho Tocology for two years- - is a young man «T jgoed health
and exemplary habits-bright, industrious-.
He is getting §100 per month^there is nothing on (Hr bettor in
the ihture in atch a position*
Can you use such a boy to better la there a
for a young electrician who has hbi (so fpr) thw iftSrehtiYB m^lont?
fpm respect,
JfouK* yow
'! H K WORLD
Mow York City, .October 17th, 1891.
C 0 t> Y,
JLl
Orange, IL October OAthr Ql.
■W. H. horrill, » RDXTOt*,
THK WORLD,
Ne?/ York City.
Dear Siri-
Rejily to your letter of 17th Instant addressed to Mr*
Wilson, with relation to your son, has been delayed; owing to the
necessity of my paving to forward it to Mr. Kdison, *fco ia at
present absent from homo.
1 £>, Raison hae now ro turned ypur eornmniaatiow with instrao*
tionw •to .asyr to you that in hi8 ppiniOn there 1b a great dhture In-
eloptrlaal engineering; that if you desire it he will- -antf plaeo
year eon in tteme department of the Kdison business, there, the
iwong nan 'tins W-hA* he wot Id oome wt weir.
Your a 'for'J itnl'Ji
{SI8HKD} Xd h V A iidr
-Net/ Yterte Oity, October <i&th* 1801.
Deter Mr. Sdibonf-
1 thank yod very buch for your favprable re¬
sponse to my letter of ihtfciiry oonoedhing my eon. I believe the
^oung man Ins "sand.* The Boetcn Board of Underwriters thinks
so, 1 Jutego, for they havo this peek complimented him on hid- work
Wd -advanced hie pay to $l,r,00. He started- at $1,000 ye&1's
fitp,. But is? * letter just receive^ from hint he is dxcited with
flight at the prospect of being placed in one of the- Kdieo* Cpm*
panics. Me feels wro that he «oil* make his way, and asks rte.t.a
mention as references anyone cornneoted with th» Boston Board of
TOnaerwritera, or the Kdison Company of Boaton. He thinks thatj ^*
V. 9.9mm ct your office in tbir 9.1** ^ld remember' a long- con-
veraatibH'hafl tW*h him when my eon was on here lately &h tt rep¬
resentative ottehe Boat on Board to the conference on uniform rfegh-
'Sttetionc far wiring me. Mi *■ ask 48
if W «i* ™ ™ y*i»s ^aU for * f0* * 1 ***
him «. come xm; and if do W*ft ha *** 0611 **. V°**
dSith such gratitude,
Your^ j*ery truly,
<«**«** ' * H* vmi&*
NW. $, 1891*
A. A. Xate, SSq.,
Edison Bujjdihg, Brtikd 8i.,
Weir York Oiiv.
Lear 5l**-
Yn regard, to tl# insulating ocmfQtmd expdrimnta which
art “beiiK jflwn&ietwd «t tie laboratory, 3 beg to advies yon that
paramwt to inatr'aotiona received frees Mr* gdiaon, MT* Ayleaworth
starts t e-day far tiiWieitady with none sauries of a edfcjjtttmd ■«hich
ho %jdioves 3a eatable fbr nee ih cdhnA otf att tfith yotur HS^ 1 grade
wire* will bp satwitted jp Mr* KrettsjL, and itoatt Mr«
Xfrs&yortti afctt v*tm 3chen»at*dy I wite you again-
JUrtdab «r 9,
3* Bn Batch,
Edison Building, Bwad street,,
Hew Yoric City*.
3irj-
U DUNDBRBEHG TSMTm T-ri compliaiioe wit 6 *** I‘Q<*uaat
d» your la tier of Slat ultimo I afeoloso herewith the
ttse^.t of this property, viz.,-
tadrow June md **• wife, to ThoBas Nelson,
W j£ied Jlth day of Way, 1B$5»
M thowa Nelson ** 1,, his Wife, td *»*** *
w dated asth of iirtl*
N.M. «kaMM(<' «• «*»*«■ « ***• 4"««™»Wr t*******
%) to ss^e wh«n |Wi «*» finished
teure tfery trun.
W*nfc#r K>, TOUt,
Messrs. Dyer & Sealy,
Ha. 98 fall- Stn*t,
New York Qity.
Heal* Sirs:-
With rofarenoe to.your Iftttttf V/ 4th imtanA in rw^wt
to three applications (Noa.733,’734. and 606) pn. e«rtaJn inprovft-
montft in phonographs whieh . wore oovarad 8di3orr*a lajf&ed
JifcSliBh patent N^'1644 of, 1378, and whiehapplicatiot® w«tn ftt®*
%fP the T@asen,V as Staifcd. in Vour 1st t*ir* -tkitt than*. wftrtf sOtw
*qpw the Courts would. decipLe that an ejtpireg foraigj^pstent Would
not Uaait the life of a subsequent. waitad St&op i.iwg to
aftviO* you that Mn. Zdison, to ^ora your letter was f owanAftd^t has
now returnod it pith tie folio wins .'answer to y/ior qtartiat^as v
whether J* la worth diila to take ot^/thO patents, in. wi*r ofi tho
short tiafi thqjr would J»vq to run:-
**May not the Supreme Court, afwpo day reverse all thiA*
Vae yeny- aim indent. 8f Muppo 2ia&nltwant tha pa^wite
far one jfwr — -• *-
$wpr«#» C«r* tf "
*m it oiight i
^Udownt. wuypo itdonn want tha Pv'lonts
0^37,; bvrt if t^oy oan -her neld: in offio^nertiJ.
r dteidt? the ogsa tjbojfttve terare them, ywf-
s *# mm f ' * ■ • . ■
; return #*****♦£ tntoinga 'yevr.latstyr i
wdw rej^y* ; Y«w» wyy
Nov, 10, 1891*
0, H*- Farnsworth, Esq,, Sup’t.,
The Albert lea Electric Light & Power Works,
Albert Lea, Minn.'
Dear Sir!-
Your totter of 26th ultimo has been received in the
absence of Mr, Edison.
' There is already an automatic regulator ibr use in connection
with Edison dynamos* We would not reccrrrmend its adoption, however,
because experience has shown that reliance placed upon such ma¬
chinery is apt to prove disastrous in cases where by inattention
it is allowed to get out of order. We think it bet tar policy to
keep the pressure within the requisite limits by watchfulness on
the part bf the respons ible attendant*
Yeufs very truly.
Private Secretary.*
^<1%.
The Orange chronicle ,
No'Ven*#*- 11* 1891.
Orange, N. J.
Dew Sirat-
Ve return herewith proof of Wudiga} -He cord Catalogue.
Please anrapge the Band records, Vac*} *tu. so J$ha it each kin* will
bo to get tor. Per example, th» 1st Reg1*. Bani list q» page s
should ibllow or prooedo the list of 5th Rog^. Band on p age ®r
«ttd this in turn should be followed by U. S. Marine T^nd
PerlCr Orchestra. The Vocal and e'trhfeir iwoords >&ould also- be
arr*ri#4d in jf similar manner. “Wit hr ttofca <JhW>ges the proof
Ofc M» tfarron, JSoq*,
No* £7 douth tontf-th Stfeo-t,
Mimtoapoiia, Minn.
Mth refWenoo to a. iottar of 2nd i»tanl in
"IBM to tt> Sdia.n<« proecaa f„ tto t"*»nt of n^ta ^
«x. XV*m »,» #»* ha i. „«t„, „My „ wot.
“ “ “Sl pl“* * *" *»* «M «» .„ctf„ of .
* ”” lar‘" M“‘ * . »• Mai* . capacity at the..
th«Ui»M **. por day, and at a coat of Jyap.ooo. ** warn,,
at OtSMaMi tha watioa of onoawoJai .an»nt*tion of
*"* 7WllB 58“ **» »«. of iron, oca mu ia mlr^y
in opejatl an, and th, o«nr «„ *«.,!„ throe ache after
”* «iju bTO humi* far a*. «ro dr. Kdiacn tin ta i„ .
fooiti^t to .«!« Jon the infonoation that yon daoim*
>47
Yours truly,
floWjdbm' 10, 1891*
Jfc* ttW GoH On,
Vi» Ohiteeo Edison co.tpw»y,
Chidanb, Illinois*
Hjr Ada* Gorton*-
Your lettsr ot $nd initarfc las been rsoeivedo
You d* not tfruap *fel weanittr* It i« not 0Uf intention to build
* Nation at ths pdinte * of err tut to, but wo ar* making a dotsmi-
Jfon the future, so that what ire <» put in will matdh with
«©* -#49Pded eystem tan years from now. t had supposed I had made
m «*apins olear before, i dWt *&nt real ostat* now, but only
4iw i*r*» the peesibiiiti**- «f n*t**»* **• *loa3e ** *1*t
x asked in W te*ogr«tt so 1 con s® -aheafer dni I «* <toh1* yott
»ill see tfyt tsy itorttWdght 4a a* ton* tint it saga id tWi
Y<m*t-»*y ^
Nov. 12, 1891
Nov« 13, 1891o
A* 0, Tata, Esq*,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
New York City,
Dear SirJ-
Your letter of 10th instant enclosing ocmratmi cation
addressed to Mr* Bdiaon by Mr» *> J* Jenks* in -regard to a snap
9Wttoh that was Bade a long time agb by Hr* John Ott, was duly
received and * now beg to report to you on the matter aa follows:
Mr* Ott says that he made the snap switch in 'question abfte
time during the year 1&81j then he wab at #55 Birth Avenue* New
York, in the Engineer ing fiep ' ti ; that oih of them waa placed in
Major Eaton's office at #<55, and another one Under the flbo;r in
the parlor or front room of the a bine building} that Mr* Edison,
Major Eaton, Mr< Bergmarav, Martin Force and Mrs Haininfeten all
knew of the switch and Were familiar With its operation, if net
iii construction, and wili doubtless re man bar it-i 'Ve have had a
search made in tho Itabdratory ibr a model, but uAfOr'Suna'Cely
have bceei unable to find on®; neither have we been Attfc to find
a drawing* The attached rough OketcH, which Waa dVaWn by Mr*
ott, will give you fionia idea Ab to the cohjd'trueiion 0 i t tfe v- iWA’o
Tate, Bsq.
-2-
Novdtobto* 13fcb,iggi
I return herewith the latter of Mr. Jen*,.
Youra truly,
Nov* 1&, JL8BI1
Alexander Elliott, Jr0, Esq.,
Eirst National Bank Buildir*;,
Patarson, N« J.
Dear Sir;-
At Mr« Edison’ a request I forward to you the enclosed
latter from Mr* 3. D. Castor'll no, in regard to a mining property
situated about two mi tea north of Alburtus, Pa., at Gardner
Station* As you wiil see flrom Mr. EdiBon’s note upon the said
letter, be desires yox to go at once end secure this property*
Yours truly.
\
Private Secretary.
311
G'ttj. Parson* Lathrop, Baq.,
#43 Federal stroet,
Herr London, COHN.
Nov, 18th,
Private Secretary,
KJa*
Dear Sir:-
Referrins to your. letter of 0th instant, Mr. Kdison is
still at Ogden and he is unable to. name a date when he can confer
with you. He expects to be detained at the mine several weeks
longer.
Major S. B. Baton,
Ediaon Building, Broad Street ,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
TJith ref orenc a to your latter of 14th imrtant, in
regard to tho notifioation received from the Paris Edison Company
to tha off act that they win no longer- pay annuities on car^tain
foreign patents, idr. Edison Bays that if -the Paris Ediaon Company
propose to allow patents to lapse they should rasas igri, the paftehts
to Ifcfci, gnd ha wishes you to insist upon their doihft this. By
pemitUjt^he patents to lapse they depreciate property covered
by founders1 Sheente , and the Bctropftjan Bdiaon Company have a right
to ooiflplain.
I Wtutfft herewith the letter bf Mere firs. Dyer & Seely c
subject vfaioh Accompanied your let tea- uhder reply*
Yours; truly.
pHvate ; Sje*?^**
W •
Nov* 20, 1891,
W. E. Gilmore, Esq., Assistant Manager,
Schenectady Works, Edison Gen'l. Elec. Co.,
Schenectady, N, Y.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of 19th instant in re gam to non-inflan-
mable compound has been received aid contents of same noted. in
compliance with your request, we will have nade up. and forwarded
to you at the earliest possible moment fifty pounds of tte material
in question* We. are being delayed in the- matter owing to the
difficulty of obtaining the apparatus neicessary to proceed with
the manufacture of the compound.' We ejqseet, however, to be able
to make shipment of the desired quantity in about a week or ten
d«ws,- which we trust will be satidf ddtory.
P1#aa0 hurry forward the Samples of braided wire, order ibr
which you hove, and vary rate h oblige
Yours truly,
THE EDISON LABORATORY
Nov* 20, 1891,
A* O', Tate, Esq*,
Edison Building, Broad Straet,
How York City*
Dear Sir:-
Referring again to ths insulation experiments vbich
ara being conducted at ths Laboratory, Mr* Aylesworth took wit.h
him to Schenectady a few days ago sows samples of a non- inflammable
oompound, whioh, in the absence of Mr.Kreuai.ha submitted to ths.
Cuper’intendeat of ths Insulation Department there, who was very
favorably impressed with them* I enclose herewith press copy of
a letter on this subject which was received to-day from the Ass’t*
Manager of the Scheneotady Works* The quantity of non-inflanuable f
compound which he asks us to send to the Works will be made up and
forwarded as soon as possible* We are being delayed in iis manu¬
facture owisg to the difficulty of obtainiig the ne;cesssry appar¬
atus* Mr. Aylesworth hopes to be able to ship the material in
about a weak or ten days and is doing all he can to expedite the
matter.
Yours traly.
A. 0* Tata , Eeq. ,
Npv. 20, 1891.
Edisoh Buildirg, Broad Street,
Mow. York City.
Bear Sir:-
t bag to refer to you t}#3 ano lose d letter which waq
received at the laboratory this marking from Frank Curtiqs, Esq.,
President Of the Sixth Avenue Hailroad Company, New York City.
You trill notion that Mr. Curtiss hap a letter of introduction to-
Mr, Jfyliaon an4 ia aqKioia to see tbi latfcer's method of eieotnic
propulsion of cara, laving in view itB adoption on the Sixth Ave¬
nue road;
Youra truly,.
No* 21, 18911,
Messrs. Byer g. Seely,
No. 36 Wall Street,
New Yotfc City.
Bear Sirs:-
Rep lying to your letter of 17th instant; addressed «».
Mr. Edison, in regard to certain dlaims in his application 749
Which have bean rejected by the exuniner, to. Edison has mde a
note on the said letter substantially as follow -My claim is fbr
* — «ce inoxidizable metal, and Weston says sitter silver
or platinum - platinum is a very .high resistance metal. I point
out that platinum nuat not be used, Weston's brashes always make
a copper contact, the silver is between. Don't appeal, but ex¬
plain. Edison. *
Private Secretary.
Yours trujy.,
374
2. Ric Usq.,
#«S Yates Street,
Victoria,
Q.
Jlovembpr 24r, 186®;
Dew -siri-
Your letter of 7th Instaut addressed to tfc* Raison tien
-swa3.4tt.ee. Oo,, Schoneetady, M. , has ho on forwarded to this
office.
-reply I t>»c to inlbrm you that HP. Kdi8onl& XfimtOflPaph,
the ’aawj^itio.o to irhtch you rofer-j is. not yet perfected, warty of tba-
de tails the apparatus "bein# tty yet ifccomplete- * it rtill bo some
tin* before the instrufoent will j^e in, p sedition to place in. the
hands Of the public. Mr. expect* to hare it in operation
at the Ohidogp ttopll's P#r.
Yours y«Ty tf-ulS,
r^.\
Pulrjite geopetary*
u;
i
A. 0. Tote, Epq.,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
Ra Packing Of musical records. In a dot tor received
from the "Ohio Phonograph Co,, dated Nov, 20, 1891, they say:
that yow ncthod « packing is not quite
faCton” to us aa that' by mos t of the tocal
companies namely, by puttir® the cptton batting around
^9rand thah,^loai^ in a snail pasteboard box
imnr^T haVQ any c>,liltla2'3 broken uhen packed in this
In a letter received from th® Georgia Phonograph Co., dated
Uov. 20th, enclosing order- for 50 records, they say:
*We would prefer f or you to pack this order in the round
boxes in place of the square. Thera is. lass danger- of
breakage and a saving of expense to ts.w
Yours very truly.
Nov. 25, 189!U
A. 0. Tate, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
I enclose herewith a copy of tl» letter under- date
9th November-, 1886, addressed by Mr. Edison to S» Flood Page,
Esq., Secretary of The Edison & S wall United Electrio -Light Go*,
London, England, asked for in your communication of 24th instant*
Yours very truly*
6 o f> V.
November Oth, 1886.
S. Flood Pago, Ksq., Soc'y.,
The Kdinon & Swan United Kleotric Light Co,,
13 Albert Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminister,
London., K. C. KHGLAMD.
Pear Sir:-
Referring to your favors with relation to my patent ac¬
counts, since my former correspondence with you, Mr, Inaill and
myself had the plcasuro of an interview with Viscount Arison, one
of your Directors, with relation to this matter. In your letter
of the 11th Juno, you requested that I should supply you with the
amount of tho account which would have applied on the two patents,
lion.!.!, 0513 and 2,336 of 1882'. The work involved in dividing up
my experimental expenses would be so heavy, that I think it hardly
neoessary to give you the detailed information as to these two
particular patents. 1 find that the amount spent by me, since
the signing of the agreement with your prededessors, the Edison
Co., amounts to upwards of §75,000. If tho account for patents
was ronderod in accordance with the agreement-, your Company would
have to pay double this amount if they took over tho whole of
tho patents, or such part of it as is applicable to the various
patents which thoy may decide to accept. You. will therefore see
that tho suggestion made by mo, that your Company shaxld reimburse
me simply for the actxial amaint of cash spent by me for patent
foes and the preparing of the patents-, is a very reasonable one
for me to make. Lord Anson' thoroughly understands my ideas in
relation to this matter, and I would suggest that y cu have an
interview with him on t-ho subject. With relation to fixture
patents, your Company has the right at the present time t'o acquire
any patents that 1 may obtain, but the agreement does not provide
for tho taking out of these patents-, inasmuch as I should myself
bo unwilling to incur the expense in the first case of having such
work done* While I have every desire to assist your Cbmpany and
to give them tho benefit of any inventions that I may make, I irn-fit
confess that I have no desire to invest a large amount of money in
Knglioh patents, without any certainty of being able to obtain from
your Company the reimbursement, of suah expenditure-. I suggested
to Lord Anson that it wbuid be greatly for your interests, and Cer¬
tainly far more agreeable to m’e, that a Supplemental contract should
be entered into providing for dealing with this matter in the fix t v
ure.. I proposed t'o him that -your Company should engage a patent
lawyer hero acceptable to me, frhoso duty should be tc prepAhe the
patent papers, so ihr as it is possible to prepare them on this side
of the 'Atlantic, and then to forward the samo to your Company,
—
leaving it to you to decide for yourselves whether you desire to
f,-I’l>ly for the patents or not. The cost per application would be
10-10-0, provided that the same lawyer is ongagcd by you as the
one employed by me to do my Araeri in 'work . If your Company is
willing to reimburse me tho amount I have already expended in the
manner communicated to you in my provious letters, 1 shall be glad
to enter into any agreement as outlinod above.
Yours very truly,
405
JJovf 2j>, !&>le
W4 E» Gilmore, Esq*, Aaa't* Managor,
Edison Gararal Bloctrio Company,
Scboneajlfcady, N-» ¥•
Dear Sir?-
Wo bos to >»SW J0» »lat »• «M "“W* “ J4”
w «dl, ,«c ^WM' coWf, 0 «.u »•»!» « «*«
«M« oo„pound. mu —poilnA SS »»»•> •*“» *°
,* wtf, and a «,»» « tel* 1*
M tkMtob Sr » « •»•*** *° *» ^ar tm t» "apU * •“
to itotw i»> ««i *i «>tok the KhitonsM «h to li*rttodd 'ton tto
in K itoirtt mill*
JiSdfi
#vil^
410
Nov* 27, 1891<>
A. 0* Tate-, Esq.,
Edison Biii Ming, Broad St.,
New York City.
1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
24th instant, enclosing letter from Mr. Joseph Thompson, of
Atlantic City, N. J., dated 20th instant, attached to ^ich is a
conmnication from 0. E. Brown, Electrician, in regard to ten
cells of Ernst Storage Battery which worn shipped' to you care of
the Laboratory .
These cells were received at the Laboratory this morning,
and Mr* Kennelly has been advised of tha ihct. I have turned
over to Mr, Kennelly the correspondence referred to above, and
he win. at once proceed to test the cells.
You sent, to me with your letter of 13th instant son* records
of tests of ths Ernst Storage Battery and requested ms to keep
tha same until you called for them. Is it jour wish that I should
also give these records to Mr. Kennelly?
Yours truly,
Noas. Zt, 4891.
W. S. Mallory, Esq.,
No. 7 Wo at Ron doll’ll Street ,
Chicago, •llli'nbl'a.
My doer Mr. Mallory
With roferaho e tb y«ur let tar of 21st
instant, Mr. Edison inf arms me HO told your father that in Mia
(Mr, Edison’s) opinion you ought to have been at Ogden then. He
says that Had you been there during the last month yon would lave
learned the art; that it is now rather' late for you to oome, as
the difficulties are nearly ail removed; still He advises yduy
visiting Ogdon and staying there six weeks, Mr. tediedri and Mr.
3eteheior are both now at the min®.
Private Secretary.
Uc.
• Carta Co., Limited,
•v.y Yo'rtk City* i»
jn'ia vary much obliged fcv yo'ur favor of
i«S cable mec'is,ge iVow Mn. J ottti Yorify, of
■;■ will be ihrtbaT obliged if vi 11 kind
is following reply:
pd. uf tin lady. Tiiat alt such
s^humbtjg is my belief. Edison."
*
been •-..•» lay od owirs to tl» absence of. Mr*
Yoxwt
very truly,
Private Secretary
416
Jo Jay. Watson, Esq.,
No, 255 W. 43rd Street,
New York City.
Ifoy. 27, 1893,*
Reply to your letter of 17th ini teat ’ha. been delayed
owing to the necessity of w .having to ibrward it to Mr. Edison,
who is at present absent from home. He has instructed me to
- inform you that he will be very pleased to have Mr. Alexander
Bull and yourself visit his laboratory at any time that you may
find convenient. If you will notify me a day or so ahead of your,
visit. I will have a phonogmph in readiness, upon vhieh Mr. Bull
can record the tones of the celebrated Cremona Violin referred to
in sow letter. , ,
Thanking you for your communication
<1 ara0 yours vary' truly.
Dec« 1, lasr.
-A. 0- Tate, J5SC1*
Sdibort J&uilditte> Broad St.,
Dear sir,-
ReferrM to the ten .>u, of Met Stores, Battery
*i<!h uonr eont to the Laboratory for too. .» ■»« «»> " **’"
b9iW unable- to fi* in ».« *>rk Jar, tint «mld a.ooimodato, t»
at,., of *i. battery, and **r« Konnoily — « «♦ >« ‘
t» ***. toforwrd t,» — - toot *»ot bo yroo.odod
vdth unm W P* ^CBivai*
yovira very truly,
XHB-ED ISO'S IiABOHATO®'
458
Major a. 0. Baton,
Bflison Bulldinrf, Broad St.,
Re opm^vr Mortgage. Mr. KdieOn tea **ad yottr letter
of 30th ultimo* notify^ him that the property of the late Mrs.
Chand l*r has been sold under mortgage foreclosure for $7,500. he
notes that the Olaim of tha Mutual Life Ins. Co. is $a, 624.99,
artd the Sheriff's feet $P4.$Q, a fetal pf $0,719.49; that this
leaves a wrpiife of $*780. 51, for Hiio&you W &irg to apply in
Mr. EdAaon's intarept. % encase hererri-th-tte bond and mortgage*
for that -purpose, agrqoabla to your request* tte wqeipt of vhich
kindly aoknoTa«dge<,
Yours truly,,
Vo
Private Secretary.
A* Q* lata, Bsq,
^eo« 1, 1891*
„ „ Maa" "ota *”•
S°™’KM”°S- ~ «.«. aid r eased do
”U ,'1*h ” *° -»■ *» ■•«... » Hn>
I «~M M, Sddoo,,., **»,*„ to of ro **. of
“l‘‘ “~SSM * ‘‘*J- “»■ —* »»« .»»* of forM5aU,B
«he dr-*.-, .. M»._ t™, .tpUidh* to *, ^ tlHt
he- » » .»» in „H,03i„s that » it *». ftr toraifin
and to said wouid lite „„ „„„„ to tev, ^ ^
B°* HS liaB 3 3tTOr,s “eviction that ha is taihg ta*»A.
Reply toy our letter of 12<,h ultimo in regard to The
Florida Phosphate Industry, hac boon delayed owing to the absence
Hr. Edison has now instructed mo .o in(,i
i you that he expects
to spend a part of next vfinter in Flor d£l •* For t Myers. He won Id
then b& very pleased to inspoot somo of the Florida Phoaphate Minos*
Mr* Kdifcoh notes your suggestion that he should doviso a pro¬
wess for extracting tho allurtina which is j>'.‘osont in riuch of your
high- grad^rooli.' He will bear this in mind, but says that he
' fears.- it is going to bo a hard rtit to crac? .. Thanking you feh
your oantaunioatiotirt I am «r"
Dec ember 2nd, 1891-
P. \t . Bints}#**, Esq.,
o/jp tmtleli Wodlpn Milla,
»iyf i«u i n,
Hoar sjr:»*
Your letter Of gSth ultimo in regard to Mr. Edison's
Kinetograph Is receives. in reply I beg to inform you that the
invention named is not yet ready to bo placed before the public,
many of the details of the apparatus being still incomplete. M/&,
Edison hopeo to hove it ready for exhibition at the Chicago \'lfAi '
Fair in 1893.
Yours very truly*
Private Se’c'rs
December 5, 1891
Charles Coudert, Esq*, Treasurer,
No* 322 West 34th Street,
New York City*
Dear Sir:-
I return herewith the five tickets for the entertain¬
ment in aid of the French Hospital to be given a*- the Casino bn
Sunday evening, December 13 to, which I received by mail a fair
days ago* Please send to ne instead o.C these v/hioh I how- return
two tickets for seats in the orchestra, and very much oblige,
December 7th, 1801.
MEMORANDUM FOR HR. BATOHBhOR.
3^nt IViday 12 Iron bare; Saturday 13 bars. This make? 25
in all. Sent 11 bars this morning.
Received 12 bare this morning.. Second tar will bo in to-day
at one of clock.
Turning off six in lathe; will be dons to-night .
The Ploxible drill is all in pieoes and v/c mist make some new
pleceo; will finish it soon as possible.
Do you want all the rest of the bora turned off, or plained
to conform to oirole, on the pl^ier*
Ib there ouch more work coming down? If no I will appoint
some one else to look after it as I have a good many drawings to
do and I can not give them attention if my presence is retired in
the lower machine shop; but if there is not going t° be such more
I will attend to it myself.
JOHN 0 T “T.
P e r b-
Dec. 7, 1891.
Charles Coudert, Esq., Treasurer,
Erantth Benevolent Society,
#320 V. 34th St., Now Y<?;rk •
Dear Sir:-
I return herewith five tickets for the entertainment
to he given at the Casino on Sunday evening next, Dec. 13th, in
aid of the French Benevolent Society, v/hioh were 3ent to Mr.
Edison. These Wein evidently sent in error, as Mr. Edison has
already reo’d. five tickets for the onto rtai men t.
December 8th, 1801.
Charles BataMlor, *■*•»
tu j. & Pa, Concorxir at ing • VTorka »
0 g a e n s b u r R h ,
Dear Sir!- , „,lble shaft,
*n drill and .ferind the rail Joints,
I some having h**n 'a80 ^ fted by Mr. Dickson,
*■ ln >V9 ore Milling Department "fl9d
~ P * , ,t.t *« - h”’
tM, * - *- -- > oon sroa tt »• - -
of y cor men forge on ?
Thl. *11 tf> W W”"’
Yoarfl tmly,
| JOHN F. Off.
?er B.
498
December 8th, 1891.
Mrs. L. M. Bpencor,
Rock Dost -on- Hhdson,
High land, Ulster Co., N,
Dear Madame 5-
1 beg to advise you that, in accordance with in¬
structions received from Mr. Kdison, I am to-day returning to you
by express, prepaid, the photograph of youi painting "Truth Un¬
veiling Falsehood'* which you kindly sent for Mr. Edison’s inspec¬
tion; I also return herewith the key to the picture which accom¬
panied your letter of 2!4nd ultimo.
Mr* Edison is not dosirous of making any additions to his
collection of pictures at presont, having done so a short time ago.
He regrets therefore that he is obliged to decline the offer which
you make concerning you-r painting referred to above,
Neoemhor 8th, 1891,
Porter, Q, CJhostfa,
#$8 Wpjl Stmt,
Non York City-
near Sfr}-.
Ypur lot tor Of 87th ultimo, :in regard to Mr,. Chas, W,
Platt, has remained unanswered owing to the ahsence of Mr. KdiBon.
In reply Mr. Edison has now instructed me to inform you that
in his opinion Mr. Platt is as good as any of the chemist b now
floating aroundf He was employed in this Laboratory only a few
months. Good chemists are scarce. Mr. Edison has had more than,
fifty in his employ di ring the last twelve years, and says that ho
Vouldh'V. Bive such for m bf them. He says ihrther that a good
chemist ifi wtirth $6000. ^?er year.
Private Secretary*
I
!
Jjp^^or-e* >391*
A.> 0* 3J a$8 , T$aqifr
EdJspn mwm* firm fljk„
Km y<wk vxty*
Dear Sir;-
In regard to the packing of mus;L«<a records, yp tyy9
no* obtained a supply of the wooden cylindrical bbxea, . <«>**<*
batftiiig, etc, and our method, of packi,« will be changed
IVa have, still on hand ^arly a thousand of the past^bo^rd bo^p
end we will use up these before changing over couplet ely to the
new method.
The following is an ext tact from a let tear under date Nov*
25th of ‘the Montana Phonograph Co> , referring to the paw method
of pa cit ing:
hWe think this a much better way to pack thdm, as it
saves a great deal in weight, &k wall as dbing away
with the liability of having them ( oyli ratters ) broken
and sordtehed*-" . /. •:.»
516
Rob' t* U* Sillard, Esq.,
No# 5 Berkley Street,
Dublin, Ire land*-
Dear Sir:-
Replying to' ycrr letter of 24th ultimo, I bog to
inform you that Mr* Edia on* s- flaSrorttt authors are Victor Hugo
am to^ello^ Of the «6r**<* tlie fbmer, -Lea Misses"
i8 M'.'# -Edison’s favorite, and of tte latter, ^angolihe.*
P0Ca ?, .189V
Nt Jf & Penn’ a* Concentrating Works*
Ogdenaburgli, N,* J,.
Dear SirsJ-
With reference to your letter of 7th instant, Mn*
Ott made a careful search in Roam No* 1 for the (drawings fbr »
heavy brickstay and furnace front used at Phonograph Works,, 'but
was urnble to find them. He therefore want down to the Phonograph
Works aid took measurements of their brickstay and itimaee- front,
and I enclose herewith his rotgh sketches -of the same, which .will
probably answer your purpose* The patterns referred to will be
gotten together and made ready for shipment, in, case you should
wish them sent forward*
Yours truly*
THE EDISON LABORATORY
a
PRINCETON GIEE CLUB.
Dear Sir:-
In view of the entertainment vfoieh the Princeton Glee
Club is to give in Orange on Friday evening next, it occurred to
the writer that perhaps the members thereof Yxmld like to take
advantage; of their presence here on the date mentioned to visit
Mr. Edison's Laboratory in West Change, Yhere, if entirely agree¬
able, they could record upon the phonograph sons of their vocal
select ions.
Should the members feel like accepting this invitation, wa
will be very pleased to extend to them the courtesies of the
establishment and show them everything of interest there in.
Kindly send an answer through. Mr. Hoyt, the gentleman v&o will
deliver this note to you, so that should your reply be in
affirmative, we may arrange for your reception.
Yours vary truly,
laboratory
faptww \ot mu .
.-day, %b3'im,
Jfcw m, Wbt ferd Stria-e.*
Ita'ff Y6*k‘ ^jv*
V&M Sift’*
"With reference tp yon* Iqttqp ps 7th iort*jyU, j^t
-Sdison is not OonrtpQtycl with dn}j o* tb^, ^h«inogwLjf& db&tpa^tn a.
an?; eawat i)hp'»?fo^ pspiat you fit pbt^tnlns a phonagtfcpk f>qtn the
Haw Yprh Company for t]» purpose of regpnjSd-sg there ori, i\*t tones of
Myr Bull's VaOlirt. fiie Phemogiuphi in. tijis uouhtry is controlled
by the Uorth ArtoM ddYl Phonograph, do.-, 4 16 Morris 54. v ^erkay
dity, h. -?.J ahd it blight be passive te "Obtain, m ihStrtJmSiH frdiii-
them i'pr the purpoge mentioned.
If yyp, particularly desire ffe> hdjysver-, we oa^ld- arrange to
tfOiid: ail expert with a phonogmph' td t^jp^urqs ioal re-caption vfhiqh yea
gay Wd BUll M33- jyobabjy ha ret dUfirg iUe present month* tip
desired rAdd’ttaa coma then ber aactetedf ’although m wm&& nweh pa-
fert to have ytfUrM? and Mr. &****&/& the Laboratory, hb id Wive
every facility' 1W thlting racdrd^ dn ibr music- raomihia, dAd the
result would be frAi»i better tbdn if %Py ware fcsfett dlbteiteite. i
if you *ibh t wilt We bhd- of 6tir Sports call a «& Ate ?bu d»
regard t6 thd matter. > ^«wtodwwttw
iffoufc tbuly-,
Docs 11, 1891.
Jtt- E«- Walker, Esq», Soc'y.,
Asheboro lumbar & Mfg, Co.,
Asheboro, N.- C,
Daar Sir!-
Mr. Edison las read your loiter of 28th ultimo,
dira.'stirg nis attention to a mineral property which you control*
In reply I bog to inform you that Mr. Edison spent a few weeks in
North Carolina about two years ago, examining ore deposits, but
he was frightened away from the State by the exorbitant prices
which .ware asked for properties. It is his intention to visit
your region again some time in the fixture, but it will not be for
a year at least; He oannot therefore consider at the present
time the proposition which you sake concern ins the property re¬
ferred to in your letter.-
Thanking you for your comn unicat ion
Private S6er$ta*y»
4 A.
£se. 11, 1891,
I'hffinaa A. ^Ediarttv
W. J. & >«in,a? GOtobntt&liv^ WorJcs ,
8gdens burgh, H, Tjr,./
Peal* Sil*J-
J tx?g to submit to you the enclosed brief statement
Of S<wa of the iuvehtlobs lir ought out ty yo^i atari rg the pyescrrfc-
yea*, will this th Suitable to send to Mr, JJoi’i, Orimshsff, whasd
letter I atta’ch he«*td? ^ifeddb rOfcurtl the ij&teirtmt to the ha-bora-
tor?' with yrbr remarks, dud vd!ry nuoh oblige . *...■*
" *, V t . -
Youj^s r*spadtfully ,
mum a
iU4ajUJU4^ ipSmMLgf^t^
SSSSfiT^sgSwsre-
Sa vUvf** *^*' ™ P^Qisraph- <U»o for-
°* tlSiB * m inatranant which- »£***,*
Photo^mpln^ly fligmte; phaaaa «t«**Sn 2T
pajU'ftOupps tte agffltt in et-dor to give an iJCaaive-
jffiWJ tme jnotiw dtoibinsa with the pWsmpi,
hia i?Bt»4iEnt Gives «& tfcjplex gansaticm of vision,
srtt QQWut
Ajy& y A,y Ifew pyetem fo r e\*' «ri« railway®
wbiph. 'will do away with the
treHoy «ire» ispeoisliy adaptedfcc-
largp, tti-tiaa where overhead ■sires-
are frr>4iiifeitaa. '
£.&$>ii y„9..^ ,??. jJt&M, j& vdiidh eftfbets a great saving iw copper*
r iaiaia jaw motors, at email «wt, ’
fpt» reei^tepihs wiiamptia^es. &<risiht
yltH acethw#*
i .&>& RMi
bit-fe* iiwilUpi
JSj a^iiUrtW^ *4 .
Efcoaa Street,
ttw Ydri: city.
'b'm't sitr-f
«<•* B&ison h*& road ynur- latfmr of 7th iR*ta»*> **
*e0aIfti id thQ 42 at&igfm&sts to ths Edison Vnitad Phonograph &i*
of Wtonia* Patent* tlfcoWtbd by h fct at tfc labbaator* last *e*fcf
119 Jtwt-aa that thfr (WotaaMS SrhiOh W rfxa^tod raaerva t ft ffiftV tM
r%ht ite Patonte »£«*<** 4b h kmttun with doWn »t«>
aftl that it jsiai th&nefitf^ be ttnm'd^dWii S to ta^a bat W 4
thd -fjf, », ¥„ So* IThto la op#& 4ft Jk tooodotwwsft bis sab
ttbt tbaV'%hs -damteats obnta#tmi ^ rog4rvation
in $5^
y - Dec. 11, 1891.
C» F. White, Esq., Editor,
Daily Herald,
Dunkirk, N« Y.
Dear Sir:-
Reply to your letter of ,30th ultimo has been delayed
owing to the necessity of my having to forward it to' Mr. Edison,
who is at present absent, from home.
'Cn anaw0r t0 your question as to whet her Mr; Edison regards
iron poles, used fbr supporting the wires of an electric railroad
(trolley system) a greater menace to life than wooden ones used
for the same purpose, Mr. Edison lias instructed me to say to you
that in his opinion there is very little danger in either case,
provided the railroad company employs the 'usual five hundred volt
continuous current. Iro.i poles in sleet stoma would certainly
be safer than wooden ones, and where the traffic will warrant it,
iron poles should always be installed, a3 they are the cheapest
in the long run; But on a railroad where tie traffic is light,
aid re the strictest economy has to be observed in order to
make both ends meet, it is sometimes a hardship to compel the
Company to place iron poles along their tracks when a considerable
c. E» T/hite, .Esq'.
-S-
Deo. ll, 1891..
savixe could to effected by erecting wooden poles.
Yours truly.
Private Secretary.
boco 12, 1891.
J. E. Simpson, Jr., Esq;.,
No. 35 Broadway, SfaW Y«i<b.
Dear1 Sir;~
Yonr latter Of -in *esayd to d perfaot
covering for -thy bottoms of steel and irofft Mess e^s ,. by**** read
by Mr. Edison- In reply ho 'has iKBtruytod. no iro«-SiW
ho hdfe already giVte hens Sd'O^ahlb thOt>j$ht to-t hist sabjaot -and hAtt
boon tryhj* ih d3Vii/o hWstelsJd- for prSvtotdii#
tjtaod on War i&ipa from ^ htMf tried a ntflttba^Sel* expatfi-
msaitu* ^n ihid bortiectlbn, btft as Vet. his tfffbrU 'fkvd tot fcefln-
sacti^saihl*
tiotosrito and. proWtM** ttjr and
ijigkbei* -other similar Oar^^m.'otich, to vasidh sub-
yua i&e& tfrffe? frfaaMr letter, H*. tfagstm has m*# ifcma.
4HS* ^coi^iddt^ilfen, toad thee p«Wt tine he **» so many
Sa«^-?rv>4*to 'firrfj it &ul& bo ititprdtrtica^e £or him to- fa m. ^
^jSs^E^a tiie iinpowistoce fit #» *«$•«*» However, tmd pay? that
sditoy *&# ifc to* XfrrttSss awp *»• ^ V5tfeaT
it to, :Yotw» tp^ar,
Dec. 10, 1891,
K« Park Bov/den, Esq,,
Ifo« 25 Westbury Park,
Bristol, Engl®^,
Dear SirJ-
X am returning to you by this mail, under separata
cover, the MS of your story »A Phonograph's Disclosure, » which
you- sent for my perusal and rtiich I .read, with pleasure.
The part which the phonograph is made to perform in the
story is oarUinljr v/ithin l he instrument's capabilities, and in
no instanco is the machine roprosented as accomplishing anything
beyond its poy/ers.
Congratulating you upon your ability to v/rite so interesting
a narrative and trusting that it Mil meet v/ith the success which .
It deserves
■John Xreosi, Esq,., Cto'l. Manager,
is chons eta dy Works, Bel is on Gen* a* BJeetMe Co*,
Schenectady, N. X.
Dear Gir!-
V/o sent to you on Saturday la at,, by express* 50 ibi-j
of non- inf lan unable compound for trial; we also sent to you alan
containing 5 lbs. of compound #1, to be used as a softener far
t.hs otter compound should it be too terd.
You will observe that the non- inflammable coinpound has a
d'ye tall one structure; this is owing to slow and' undisturbed
cooling and does not take place when the compound is applied to
the wire. We vri.ll sand to you by mail to-day a sample of this
sane compound applied to v/ire. It 3eems to us to be none too
haul oon3 id erirg the value of high abrasion resistance. This is
the first time we have attempted to make this compound in larger
quantity than one or two pounds, and with the proper plant which
has been- determined upon from this experiment, it can be improved
upon considerably.^-
we refers t to say that the price of the compound.- will bp higher
than what “our Mr«;Aylseworth first estimate-d. The estimate ra-
i’'enred't6> Was based upon data obtained by working one or ttfo
pounds' ofthe material arid was su%jff%nerttly proved to be erroneous.
Sail-.
■Bocewtoi* 14, 1351.
9^ pnloa ffjll to in thij in ighborhoa d of 25 cents pel?- 15. A ra¬
tine ti oh in the oast can to effected by flaking up the stuff in
IwgQ quant it i 23* By ’minting infusorial earth with the compound
it3 cost can to induced to 14 cents per- It.., without impairing
its •quality We will expross to you 25 Its. of infusorial earth,
so tliat you nay experiment -with it if you so desire* This is as
cheap a mois ture-proo-f and non-inflammable compound as it is pos¬
sible to make by chemical treatment of organic compounds.
Attached hare to will to found directions for applying the
c ompound*
Yours truly,
THE EDISON LABORATORY
'4l >
CTl , o
Welt the material in an iron, c*r copper- battle (preferably
popper), and allow the wire to pads through tha molten mass, k6pt
at 230° - 240° 1ft, at such speed as will ensure the saturation
of the cotton -with comppund. This can bo done in the same manner
as your black compound for grade #1 wi. re. The excess is wiped
off in the usual moftne-'r and the wire is burnished in the usual
wayo
If it 1b depired tQ /rake the material softer, add the com¬
pound Ho. 1 from tin can, to. tie 50 lbs. of principal compound and
raise the heat to 300° ?. for a-dhort time and lower tha tempera¬
ture aeain to 230° - 240° P., skinming off any foam that may be
produc ed«
If it is desired to mix tie infusorial earth with compound,
it shoud be done in this way: to 2? lbs. of tie previously soften¬
ed compound add 35 lbs. of ihfuabrial earth and stir well, raisins
heat to 300° JP.; then allow to cobi to 230® - 240^ V+, and apply
to wire in usual way, keeping the mixture well stirred.
Qtyfcsj* ftafrohslor, 55aq,,
Vb ly & Pann' a,' C once titrating Work a,
ttgdens burgh, N. J,
Dear Sir*.-
Mi'* Qtt requested mo to inform you that ha sent 12
bars to Of# en to-dari also that ha has found the frame for double
pulley belonging to flexible drill. He says that there are now
but 12 bars to finish, when the screen job will be disposed of,
H0£* 1V5H895M
Messrs « Sgobel ■& Day,
No«. 24 State Street,
New York City.
Deur Sirs!*-
Mr. Edison has read yen* loiter of 3thinBtanfc, in¬
forming 1dm of the receipt by yep. of Jotters from Several of your
fi'iende in Almeria, Spain, stating th£t the phjflXoxera promised,
to do great damago to the vih&ypbds there, and also inPohaing Mr.
Edison of the desiru of yahr friends. to <
Matter the aiJpli cation of electricity
would be efficacious in stopping tha trouble qcEnplained of.
In reply Mr. Edison has dhstruef&d tie to- say to yo\i that
ttero is no doubt if a -mlffi4ie.nt.ly strong alternating electric
current wars sent tteotgh iron rods, feet- opart and about
two feet below the surf ape, jifc td'ofld in -a -short tin* ■Either' kill
tic insects or drive them $wsy. ttv* "Edison isk-ndt surd, JiOWeVer,
bat that tba electricity applied in 11* "tww**1 da&feri'bOd wduld aluo
kin tho plant, and before ^lt3 a
should be imdtt da one and \h> -affOct -irt^d.
Ujib r&ply toyoMr .bedh tu>svoada3tly delays oving
obtain, -his Opinion as- ter
;0 the roots -of the viiies
S. & D<
Boc. 15, 1891,
tc the absence ox’ Mr. Edison from the laboratory.
Boo, 16, 1891,
tewia Millar, Esq,.,
Akron, Ohio,
J)ear Sjr:«
With i'efef8M9 to your lot tar of lath instant, in
regard to tbs transmission of power, Mr. Edison 3ays that tbiro
are two ways of trtit;ajnitting elec tric power, one by tie alter¬
nating currant, the other by the continuous- ourrent,. If Mr*
Edison knew exactly vimt infonnat ion your friend is desirous of
obtaining on the subject, he could perhaps point out sone publi¬
cation that would explain the matter. ■
Youra truly,
■fcriiAU adofet&t'y*
I<. H. Decker, Esq.,
THE INDEPENDENT,
Doc leer town, N,
Deo. 16, 1891
J.
De^si*:..
UTlrtMfc * tak0 pl9a3ure in forwarding to you by this mil,
under- anot.'^r coyer, an autographed portrait of Mr. Edison,
of Dei3 ^cornpllanoe th9 raquost contained in your letter
Yours truly,
Private Sec*y.
T. OhildS, . ^rnnge, #• ar. Dec. 15, 1891.
tfolnuV& 22nd Sts.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
I rAXl ^ present at tie ^^tatioix o^tte D^ef totitute on
4Ssday next, and I m *Ui*H*.**«* xnvatatxon.
and .let
* sent if
judgu hnsre it i ; ae
earthly vein*!- • w, ,
-S. Gorton, y 0
Chic ego Ed'ictn* Co. ,
#1-30' $©ns St., Chisago, Ills.
■' J« 9o?. 15, 1891
Y<?u no not send the data we want. Pleas o have your real estate
brolsar get prices and sizes and position of real estjrte in the
area w<? gave you and aepd it on. Via don' t wont any .railroad
lacilitios, if you will only give us the plain datJ; and let us
.fudge hare it will facilitate things very iruch. hala sent is no
earthly value to me. ’
Do co rubor 17, 1391.
A* 0, .Tata, Esq.,
Edison Building, Broad' St i-eot.
Hew York City.
Dear Sin-
2 understand that Dr<> Schulzo-Berge is not to return
to the laboratory. In view 'of this I think that some arrangement;
should be made regarding tiie care of the Library, of viiich ths
Doctor had charge. As you know, there are a good many little
things to be attended. to in the Library, and matters there just
now are in a state of confbsion. It is necessary to keep a
record of all the books aid periodicals' received, to sea that the
files of the latter are complete, and that subscriptions to the
various foreign scientific journals are not permitted to expire.
It is also neoessary to arrange for the binding of periodicals
etc., aid. to keep track of such volumes as are taken from the
shelves by ths employees of the Laboratory* During Dr. Schulze-
Barge's absence Hike Brown has been trying to attend to these
matters, but thars is so rtnoh work for Hike HP in the bffice
iihat it will be in«-tBMict^le him to -t& 30°
Furlh^rmors, the newspaper; d*&i*fes ** &nmv"
tion for Several years paaV, anii th^ro is 0^” W.rW$me ndous
accumulation of thorn* Thr pro sent atata of those clippings is
chaotic in the extreme, and the individual vino undertakes their
arrangement will lave a herculean task to porffonn* In my opinion
it vould be a ^cod idea to nuke it the duty of vaioeveu* assumes
charge of the- library to also take care of the clippings.
I shall to glad to hear from you in the nutter.
Doc. 17, 1891,
M*» Yto* SnllfT?an»
Drawer io, V/ilroiigrton, Pal.
Doar Sir:-
Witti reference to your letter of 23r a of October*
"*ly to Vaii0h *** been delayed art* to the prolonged absence
Mr. Eduon, the latter has requested me to inform you that he
never- vcrked in East Newark as a telegraph operator.
Yours truly,,
Private Secretary.
PepSKxfcar 17,
Messrs.; Dyer* Saely,
Se« 36 Wall Street,
Wp# York City «•
Dear SirsS- '
Mr* Edison is much obliged for your letter of 12th
instant, enelosii® W of thQ ?ateitfe '* 2,511 hafl just bBSn i8SUSa
to him on tension reducers arranged in multiple arc* He notes
your remarks in this regard and says that he mil make a vorking
model of the device.
Yours truly.
Private Secretary*
December- 19, 18&lv
Eg.dwea.rii Kuy bridge , Esq.,
University of Pennsylvania,
A Philadelphia, Penn' a.
My dear1 Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge the receipt cf your esteemed faror
of ISth instant, with accompanying panphlet. I am pleased to
learn that your work on The Science of Animal locomotion was so
well received in Europe and that the import mice of the results of
your experiments in this field of investigatisn was appreciated
there!#
1 note what you say relative to undertaking: an investigation
of the fLiglit of insects, and I am glad to know that you contemp¬
late giving this subject attention; for in liy opinion a compre¬
hensive investigation of the movements of the wings of insects
would be a great aid in solving tire problem of aerial navigation.
The information likely to be acquired by such a line of research
m'Xld also be of th9 utmost practical value, in many other ways*
'Permit, me to say in conclusion that no one could be more c0mpe.-te.nt
\batt ywUtfaMf to undertake such air investigation and I hope that
find it .possible -t£ fib bph
s w*y ^ iff*
r
December '3.9,,
John -KrensJ., Eisq., Gen "l. ..Manager,
Sanenoct&dy Wovks, Edison Gen1 1. E3eof .dc Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y-*
Dear Sir:-
We will express to yon to-day ' Ifty lbs. of white
compound for trial; included in the same p. tltage will be a sample
of the same couponed allied to wire by ha. This compound is
mads a little more flexible than the large #1 sample of wire and
not quite so soft as sample #2. It is ini/ nded to be applied to
•the wire in a molten state* in about the sme manner as your grade
#1 wire is made.. This compound can be t de tor 9 cents per pouni.
It requires no drying or saasoning and ready for packing as
soon as the wire becomes cold. Direetii s as to heat etc. will be
found on the attached sheet. Hoping tfc *, this compound will prove
satisfy to .vy
IVo are, yours truly,
’ T H-E EDISON UBORATO-EY
I^RECIIOHS SOK V/ORKD1G WHITE,
Ih» Hhito compound should 1» melted in a tinned cof-fK
totals. on in an asat. dlasad iron *»«!», «
d decolored by an ordinary iron bottle.
Iha Mat should, not ho rniiad any h'dhar than io jtart «»
fi.i«t to Mlt t» compound, *** ahould h. «o»,«ntly a.irr.d
.nil, on the lino. .hia can ha aonvanionU, don. in a —
jacketed kettle in practice.
thB mas* has bacons fluid eno^h to run, it is ready
tte s„. man- - *• - — * *“ “
vray.
Dec, 23U 1891*
Geoiga Parsons lathrop, Esqi. ,
No. 43 Federal Street ,
Haw London, Conn.
Deer Sirs-
Mr, Edison has received your Savor of 15tli instant,
sne In s ins let-tor from your friend, Mr. Augustus St. G an dens,
together with a corenunication from Mri Pierre Granet, of Paris!,
France, eaeh of which he has perused.
In regard to Mr, Granet' s suggestion relativa to a display
at the Chicago World’s Pair of wax figures, to be represented as
moving art! speaking by the aid of suitable mechanism in coinbi-
raticn with the phonograph, Mr. Edison dees not consider the idea
•practicable.', She adaptation' of the phonograph to this purpose
would bo comparatively easy, but a method for the movement of the
lips, eyes etc, of the figures would have to be devised, and it
would be impossible for Mr. Edison to devote any time to the so¬
le* ion of that problem, there are . so many other matters connected
with his own exhibit at tte World’s Pair requiring his attention.
Besides, it would be a very tedious line of experimentation, and
Mr, Edison does hot feel like und ert aki igg_
Y our s tru ly , ’ y.
Den ember 21st, 1691-
C'naa. CaU.Mlor, Miu »
IX,. j, ft. Pa, Concentrating Works,
Ogdens burgh, Mn J,
Dear Sir?-
I «*„* to w to-doy » b«r..
Mt. I »1U tend to you 4 otto. boo. on 2bod, •» «•«
finidhoo th. <*don Job. pr^tdod th.ro i. *» »d0ir-
ins attention here.
Yours very truly,
J t I, 0 T 1 d
Per B,
Dec* 21, 3.691.,
' Ssq*, Chin 11 i, Manager.)
ib>„ Dcp't., Edison Gen'l. Electric Co.,
Harris on, H. J.
MV* Sais :n‘ 3 *®9»st I '-o^sria to you the enclosed
Chicago
^ afli.wstJd to the Edison Geit'li Electric Co. by
‘ A
■one Attica Electric - Xdght Q o., of Attica, Indiant
• of our lamps that waa started on the 19th of
1 vi'iich jEtd ™-de a reoo-ru of 11,030 hours , up to the
Private Secretary.
LIST OP SOME OP THE INVENTIONS BHOWUJT OUT BY
MRo EDISON DURING THE YEAR 1801*
An instrument intended to pepy.odup? «059id
and motion simultaneously, pa a aojo^it
nation of a specially cons^ruAted psiaera
and phonograph. The Kihetpgraph Trill dp
for the oye That the phonograph do as for
the ear*
New system for electi'iC railways
- whioh will do away with the
• trolley wire. Especially Adap¬
ted for large cities wh9"? over¬
head wires are prohibited*
HIGH SPIED ELECTRIC SYSTEM for steam railroads.
HIGH VOLT LAMP, vhich effects a saving of fifty per cent in copper.
/ New series of ELECTRIC LIGHT METERS, for registering consumption
/ of current with accuracy
IMPROVED ALTERNATING SYSTEM OP ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Method of and apparatus for TRANSMITTING HIGH TENSION CURRENTS
aid. transfoxming the same to low tension at a distant point..
/a
j/a method of duplicating by machinery phonograph nioords.
Mr. Edison also established this year at Ogden, N. J. Ihrge
Ore Milling Wprlcs for the concentration of low grwdb.' iToft ore.
Mr-. R, x>o Garner,
Washir^yton, D. h.
Dear Sir;-
Mr. Edison 1ms read your letter or 21st instant, in
regard, to a special phonograph which you wish made for recording
the sounds of the monkey, and in rejfrly he. has instructed me to say
that he will be, very pleased'to have you cone out to tte Laboratory
when you next visit New York. He Still place at your disposal for
a day, an expert, * who can learn from you just what ydu desire in
the way of a phonograph, and who will assist you in any experiments
which you may desira to make in order to determine the type of
instrument that would be most Suitable for your purpose.
Yours truly, ‘
Private Soc^SS&ry
i
29, 3891,
Fo So Gorton, Brq, ,
The Chicago Bdiaon Company,
Chicago, mo.
Dear Sir:-
Da c.
Ycur let tar of 26th instant is at hand, There is no
mistake about the Charles and Harrison St, property, out of course
it is predicated upon the possibility of making a 200 volt lamp;
without this the property is no good.
Yours very truly,
CJ
At Mr. Edison's request I forward to yo$*'a<)
letter received from Richard H. Clarke, Be*}., #49 & » Chambers
St., New York City, with gelation to lifeline •tha.Nqsr York Pro¬
tectory, located at Westoheato*, of institution Mr. Clarke
is. President.
to. Wi.ni- wu Tiki ** *> »«» »W *»«* “a
«th »im t. MM #* <* «* *4** *»*«*
visit the Wet Yprit SrtfWtitP'I'y -it toSichertSr, 6. rj?ter tjl°
0* see «h«t is to be S6W. <Ul «» W « fcW»l* *>* iwtWtoi*.
ffiU 1* bli .I«i«ilm te .«tSk ***** ***«*• «»>**•
to. toitto his «h * *>• MMWi« «i‘h
to «*« «* « Hi. Mm* a»4 »«(«* ** •* af-*M»W*. •»
w eiiww M ’Wh 'ihil sht *4t Wa-*th ■»
683
Dec, 29, 1891,
So.ycn-.Osvv Enq>«, ,
•f* J» 4 Penn1 a. Concentrating Y/ork s ,
OgdensLurgh, H« J.
Bear Si v:-
Mr» Edison requested me to refer to you, for answer,
the ore lose d letter received from Messrs, Warner and Prayer, of
Now York, requesting information' in regard to the Edison ore
milling .process, for use in connection with certain proceedings
that are now pending in New York before Conmis si oners for the
condemnation of mineral rights in certain lands in Putnam County
on behalf of the Croton Water Board, for ths purpose of water
supply, Messrs, ,Wo&F. desire to obtain the information concerning
*
Mr, Edison’s process of reducing iron ores with the view Of intro-
dnciig the facts in evidence as bearing up on the value of the
mineral rights viiioh they represent before the Comnis3 iotters*
They ifould like a reply before January 8th<
December
John Kre.ns.ij, Esq., Gen'l. Manager,
ScJwneotady Works, Edison Gen'l. Electric Company,
Schenectady, N* Y.
Dear Sirs-
We have discovered a way to make vulcanized rubber
non-inflammable, which Mr. Edison wishes thoroughly tested with
a vidw to its use in telephone exchanges etc. This is accomplished
by soaking tin rubber coated wire previously vulcanized in a molten
non-inflammable material; the rubber absorb', a large percentage of
this material, incboasirg in bulk and becoming non-*- inflammable at
the sane time.
In order to test the result we require 600 feat each of the
following thicknesses of rubber on #13 B 8 •coSpefr wiret
#1 Sufficient thickness of rubber to bring size of #13 wire
up to H8/1000"diam.
#2 Sufficient thickness of rubber to brit® si be of #13 wire
up to 123/1000“ dim*
#® Sufficient thickness of rubidi* bo bVihG Sito Of #13 wire
Up to- 153/1000’* distal-
#4 Buf fibidfii , thickness Of lubbaf ti b&kB bizS of #13 wire
u# to iWldOS'1 atom, ' . /
He H%k forward to jfoui by express Ijjya samples. /
The sibber Whin!
Wpiafl wjf
;|pb6r -which ^,u),a
making mobs? covered
svrer for this purpose, aa it contains mineral ma;
injure tin result
Yours trully
iU &<, Pi^etgr Gon^frai,
-**•** ** f ? np.fi * * S * ,
mi Vo^Jt City*
VM* £&* pty}*
M»« 3&lfci&n teft i^ueivesd p Stafijuttication from the
Actors' ttiftsi Cumtt' #W.<w8 iindfrr data T^pewber- 26*h, asking pea*-
misaiah, i<* add iiw tipxfg ail m»<, Edison art hiawtelf to the list of
‘ pzirWMbMty •##$ Hattons &* tH* JfaJL# musah tj» Trustees of the
•*$lin$ at Madison Jkuwjra Gatf&m i* the month
of May n£s$j> arid ttitfi wfar&m^ thereto Sus has instructed pie to
infill yoi* W;dt- Mail.* otyjagta ttf »@>r aw being ussa. in
ifci* ip* 4«a thwt thd of the ceptnf-toe* Carnot
iftenefore ba ^ce&iIlCd i7iitu
’ftsW &&&*
December so, 1891*
My 3 9 or Mr. Fortune, -
Your letters of 16th instant reached me oh
Christinas day« I had been away for ten days previous and arrived
home- on Christmas Eve-.
I am very sorry to say that there are no talking dolls avail¬
able that 1 could send you* The first dolls vfaich wore turned
out were very unsatisfactory* They were easily deranged and made
a vary bad impressioi
Mr. Edison took the matter in hand and
made a new model , which is as perfect a& 6t>uld be wished, but
thepe were only half a do ten of these manufactured and they have
long Since disappeared from sight. The fcdy, Company out of
money and were unable to meet -their obligations, and we v/ere
obliged to cease manufacture, but I hope that before very long
thsir affairs will bo satisfactorily arranged and that dolls made
from the aesw model will so on be available* When that time Obmaa
it will give- ne gridt pOsasure to assist 'you in rewarding your
little girl .fdf the prOEreaS she is maXing ih-her studies-
j m deridii# to yoh sutler separdt? rover n photograph -of jin
Frisian, with his- ddt'ogra^h-.
*fe have tffc
r* w. 3?.
--2-
D95. SO, 01.
^pintad and "published by Mr. Eflisqn a\v^y 'back i,n Ifhe sixties, ghd
J fca'vn-givdn infractions for a copy to. 'fes sent yqu. V/a had only
one copy of thid paper and 1* was prasonjW to Hire., Edison. I am
therefore nn^bjp to obtain an original, bfcft the photograph is a
vary faithful roproduction, with vhioh I thitiiv you will he pleased
I \d sh you and yours all happiness for the coming year.
Yours very truly,
vJV Vr. fortune, Esq.,
ftatro it, Michi^tn*
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